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- Most clinicians and clients found this technique too time- consuming and exhausting until Zev Wanderer (1991) devised Physiologically Monitored Implosion Therapy in the early 1980s. He used blood pressure biofeedback to pinpoint the most disturbing phrases and images in a client’s hierarchy of fear.
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Nov 9, 2023 · Flooding (also known as implosion therapy) is a type of exposure therapy that works by exposing the patient directly to their worst fears. (S)he is thrown in at the deep end.
Oct 1, 2024 · Implosion therapy, a form of exposure therapy, is not for the faint of heart. It’s a psychological intervention that throws patients into the deep end of their fears, challenging them to swim rather than sink.
Implosion therapy flooding, also known as flooding therapy or immersion therapy, is a behavioral technique used in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) to treat anxiety disorders, phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Sep 22, 2024 · Flooding behavior therapy, also known as implosion therapy, is a form of exposure therapy that aims to rapidly reduce fear and anxiety by immersing individuals in their worst-case scenarios. It’s like jumping into the deep end of the pool to learn how to swim—scary, but potentially very effective.
Abstract. Desensitization of psychological and physiological complex structures may be the most important element of flooding treatment. The jmplosive sessions are assumed to represent a supramaximal stimulation of pathologically excited and inert complex structures resulting in protective inhibition, irradiation of excitation, reduction of the ...
- Christian Astrup
- 1978
Abstract. Describes an enhancement of implosion therapy of phobias: the introduction of physiological monitoring of emotional arousal. The therapist monitors the blood-pressure of the patient with an electronic printing sphygmomanometer while promoting exposure to threatening cues of worst case scenarios of the phobic situation.
Most clinicians and clients found this technique too time- consuming and exhausting until Zev Wanderer (1991) devised Physiologically Monitored Implosion Therapy in the early 1980s. He used blood pressure biofeedback to pinpoint the most disturbing phrases and images in a client’s hierarchy of fear.
