Does anyone practice exposure therapy? I've been thinking about getting certified and am wondering what the process is like. Thanks for any tips or info!

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I've been thinking about it as our practice wants to offer it. We have some therapists training for it now, sounds interestig

I do a not-so-intense version of this on some of my clients that do not necessarily have a phobia or chronic disorder but may be very anxious about a certain situation. I have them picture whatever is it they are anxious about actually happening and walk them reacting to it or rationalizing the outcome. Works pretty well, so I can imagine that exposure therapy can be really effective.

Why would you need to get a specific certification for exposure therapy? Isn’t your license enough? Just pick up some books on operant conditioning and look at some journal research articles on exposure therapy for various phobias.

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