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SAMONWAN KAEWBOONREUNG
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At its heart,the goal of implosive therapy is to:

A) decrease reliance on avoidance responses to help people face their most frightening images,feelings,and thoughts.
B) flood people with positive imagery to counter aversive images.
C) replace maladaptive avoidance responses with more adaptive avoidance responses.
D) release the life energy bound up in characterological muscular armor.

Implosive Therapy

A therapeutic technique where individuals are exposed rapidly and intensely to stimuli or situations that cause them anxiety, aiming to desensitize them to the feared objects or situations.

Avoidance Responses

Behaviors aimed at evading certain thoughts, feelings, or situations that are perceived as uncomfortable or threatening.

Frightening Images

These are visually disturbing or scary mental representations, which can be a source of anxiety, phobias, or distress in individuals.

  • Acquire knowledge of the specific traits and aims of exposure therapies.
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Crystal AhumadaDec 25, 2024
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