A Social Work Student Seeks to Reduce Her Own General

question 13

Essay

A social work student seeks to reduce her own general level of anxiety through self-desensitization. She used the last five weeks of the fall semester for her baseline and the first five weeks of the spring semester for her intervention period. Why is this a problem? What alternative do you propose?​

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