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Exposure Therapy For Specific Phobia: in Low Intensity CBT
Exposure Therapy For Specific Phobia: in Low Intensity CBT
Specific Phobia
Part 1
What is Exposure Therapy?
Exposure Therapy Stages
Part 2
Exposure Therapy Worksheet A
Part 3
Exposure Therapy Worksheet B
Part 4
Recovery Story of Afrina
This booklet is based on the material included within ‘Reach Out: National
Programme Educator Materials to Support the Delivery of Training for
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Delivering Low Intensity Interventions’. We
are grateful to David Richards and Mark Whyte for allowing us to use parts of
these materials within this booklet.
Providing the source is fully acknowledged, all materials in this work may be freely
copied, but for teaching and clinical purposes only.
10
8
Level of Anxiety
6
4
2
0
5 10 20 30 40 50
Most difficult...
Medium difficulty...
Easiest…
AFRINA’S GOALS
Goal number 1
To be in the same room as a spider Today’s date: 24th November
I can do this now (circle a number):
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Not at all Occasionally Often Anytime
Goal number 2
To be able to hold a spider in my hand Today’s date: 24th November
I can do this now (circle a number):
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
Not at all Occasionally Often Anytime
To be in a different
room to a spider with 65%
the door open
Medium difficulty...
To be in the same
room as a real spider 50%
in a jar
To watch a video of a
spider moving 40%
To look at a picture of
a small spider 25%
Easiest…
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