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Record 1 2004-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A form of exposure therapy in which individuals confront feared objects and situations in imagination only.

CONT

In imaginal exposure the client repeatedly recounts trauma experiences over the course of several sessions until the emotions generated by the retelling habituate (lessen) over time. The client retells his/her experiences using the present tense as if the experience were happening all over again. In this study, discussion of the meaning of the traumatic event was not part of the imaginal exposure treatment to distinguish it from cognitive therapy.

CONT

Twenty-three patients who had experienced a major stressful event were given a debriefing session followed by eight weekly sessions of imaginal exposure and in vivo exposure.

PHR

Taped imaginal exposure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Forme de thérapie d'exposition où le sujet n'affronte les objets et les situations redoutés qu'en imagination.

CONT

[...] confrontation directe du sujet avec l'objet ou la situation phobogène - cette confrontation devra être organisée en situation réelle (in vivo) de préférence à une confrontation en imagination [...]

Spanish

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