How is specific phobia treatment realized?
Exposure therapy – Doctors affirm that psychological approaches are the best ways for specific phobia treatment. Most doctors prefer the exposure therapy to the feared object or situation for their patients. This method is also known as systematic desensitization. Exposure to feared objects and situations is considered to be the treatment of choice in case of specific phobias. The method presupposes frequent confrontation with the situation producing fear. This repetitive exposure is performed until the situation generates no fear. The best effect is achieved when the exposure takes place frequently and continues for a long period until the fear is reduced. This kind of specific phobia treatment is particularly effective in patients who earnestly want to get rid of their phobias. The treatment usually begins with simple imagining the contact with the object of fear or finding oneself in the situation producing apprehension. After that doctor and patient proceed to the real contact with
