Question

Julie has a fear of riding in elevators. She is seeing a therapist who asks her to construct a hierarchy of her fears related to riding in elevators. In addition, her therapist is teaching her to relax while imaining each fear in the hierarchy. Julie's thereapist is using _____.

a) person - centered therapy
b) rational - emotive therapy
c) systematic desensitization

Answer 1

Systematic desensitization

Explanation:

Systematic desensitization was proposed by Wolpe. It is a behavior modification technique. This technique is used to treat phobia, anxiety, OCD, etc. It is a psychological tool to treat the psychological disorder.

In this technique, the therapist makes a hierarchy list to treat the disorder. The hierarchy has 10 levels. Through this process, a psychotherapist treats a patient.

Thus in the above statement, Julie is suffering fro fear of riding on an elevator. The therapist will make a hierarchy and then make a treatment plan for the patient.