Cognitive behavior therapy may include systematic desensitization or controlled exposure to the feared situation.

The process of systematic desensitization occurs in three steps.

Joseph Wolpe developed the process of systematic desensitization in the early 1950s.

In addition, the number of clinicians using systematic desensitization has also declined since 1980.

Those clinicians that continue to regularly use systematic desensitization were trained before 1986.

The principles of systematic desensitization can be used by children to help reduce their test anxiety.

The gradually increased exposure needed for systematic desensitization is difficult to produce in actual flight.

Albert's fear was not extinguished because he moved away before systematic desensitization could be administered.

There are three main steps in using systematic desensitization.

Patrick began by using systematic desensitization to reduce his emotional reactivity.