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Understanding and overcoming phobias, with Martin Antony, PhD

Speaking of Psychology

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Exposure Therapy for Animal Phobias

Some phobias are harder to get over than others or does it really just depend on the individual who has the phobia. The type of fear does impact on how long it takes to get over it so there are studies with animal phobia is showing that in about two to three hours of exposure even in a single session. Social anxiety can take longer to overcome and it's not unusual for people to be doing much better at the end of treatment but still struggling with social anxiety from time to time.

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