What is Exposure Therapy?

The primary goal of exposure therapy is to help individuals confront and gradually become desensitized to the situations, objects, or thoughts that trigger their anxiety or fear. This therapeutic approach is based on the idea that confronting these anxiety-inducing stimuli in a controlled and systematic way can reduce the fear response over time.

What Conditions Can Exposure Therapy Treat?

Exposure therapy is a type of cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) that is commonly used to treat various anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), phobias, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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