Question

What type of treatment for a fear of flying is this?
A) The therapist asks the client to create a top-10 list of fears related to his fear of flying.
B) The client begins with the lowest fear while looking at a picture of a plane.
C) Next the therapist encourages him to relax as he looks at the picture.
D) Then the client continues to work his way up the top-10 list while relaxing.
E) Eventually, the client is able to fly on a plane.

Answer 1

Answer:

This is an Exposure therapy or also called “Facing your fears”

Explanation:

This type of therapy is commonly used to treat aerophobia by letting people gradually more adjusted to the ideas and sensations of flying. By this gradual exposure to what people fear or those irrational thoughts, they tend to feel better, understanding they can tolerate that.

This kind of Treatment involves a number of sessions under the guidance of a trained therapist. In the first ones, people generally learn anxiety management techniques, such as deep breathing and how to identify and correct irrational thoughts. In the later sessions, they learn to face their fear in controlled stages. They can even try to flight in real plane or like virtual reality.