Graduated Exposure Therapy (In-Vivo)
for Fears and Phobias
Graduated in-vivo exposure is the gold standard for specific phobias. It involves constructing a fear hierarchy and systematically approaching feared situations in real life, from least to most feared.
How it works
Inhibitory learning: repeated non-catastrophic exposure to the feared stimulus creates a new safety association that competes with the original fear memory. Reduces conditioned fear response over trials.
What to watch for
Specific phobias are among the most treatment-responsive conditions in psychiatry — often resolving in 1–3 sessions of massed exposure. A trained therapist significantly improves outcomes.
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