Mind On Mental Health · Penn Medicine - Princeton House Behavioral Health
What is Exposure Therapy, and How Can it Help Quell Anxiety?
·15 min·1 clip
Dr. Turk-Karen explains how watching a scary movie scene 50 times makes it boring, just like exposure therapy works.
As heard by us
A plainspoken case for exposure therapy that favors careful pacing over avoidance.
The episode treats exposure therapy as a practical clinical tool, not a slogan. Andy Dean and Dr. Elizabeth Turk-Karen keep the patient and therapist on the same side, and they do not start with the hardest step. They start with something the patient can actually do.
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You want a clear, practical case for exposure and anxiety treatment without starting with the hardest step.
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