Systematic Desensitization
- 1. Systematic Desensitization A Behavioral Therapy (used in this case to combat a phobia of blood draws)
- 2. 1. The subject watches a movie where the actor gets a shot.
- 3. 2. The subject’s friend talks about getting a flu shot.
- 4. 3. The subject makes a doctor’s appointment.
- 5. 4. The subject drives to the Medical Center.
- 6. 5. The subject parks their car in the parking lot.
- 7. 6. The subject thinks about getting a shot while in the waiting room.
- 8. 7. A woman comes out of the doctor’s office rubbing her arm.
- 9. 8. The subject sees the nurse with a syringe.
- 10. 9. The subject enters the examination room.
- 11. 10. The doctor comes, asks about the subject’s symptoms.
- 12. 11. The doctor says, “You need an injection.”
- 13. 12. The nurse comes with injection materials.
- 14. 13. The nurse fills the syringe.
- 15. 14. There is a smell of alcohol being applied to the cotton.
- 16. 15. A hypodermic needle is poised in the doctor’s hand.
- 17. 16. The subject receives a shot in the arm.
- 18. 17. The subject has a large blood sample taken.