The Aim of Systematic Desensitization Is to Have a Client

question 106

Multiple Choice

The aim of systematic desensitization is to have a client become relaxed and then ____.

• A) expose the client to positive statements designed to increase self-esteem
• B) suddenly subject the client to the thing most feared by the client
• C) have the client and therapist develop an anxiety hierarchy
• D) vigorously challenge the self-defeating thinking of the client

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Definitions:

Compulsions

Repetitive behaviors or mental acts that an individual feels driven to perform in response to an obsession or according to rigid rules.

Schizophrenia

A grave psychiatric syndrome with pronounced disruptions in cognitive processing, emotional regulation, personal identity, verbal communication, perceptual experiences, and conduct.

Split Personality

A term formerly used to describe a condition in which an individual displays multiple distinct identities or personalities, now more accurately referred to as Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Evgen Bleuler

A Swiss psychiatrist best known for renaming dementia praecox to “schizophrenia,” and for his contributions to the understanding of mental illness.