caption: Step Three: Desensitization The actual unlearning No direct contact with the feared situation is necessary First: Place yourself in a state of deep relaxation Second: the therapist begins walking your through your hierarchy --You imagine the situation and try to remain calm --If you remain relaxed, you continue through the hierarchy --If you experience anxiety at any time, you are instructed to raise your index finger --If anxiety occurs the therapist stops, you return to full relaxation, and the description begins at a number lower on the hierarchy The process continues until the patient is able to remain relaxed throughout the whole hierarchy
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