A client with a phobia will be treated for the condition using a behavior modification technique ...

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Rationale: Systematic desensitization is a form of therapy in which the client is introduced to short periods of exposure to the phobic object while in a relaxed state. Gradually, over a period of time, exposure is increased until the anxiety about or fear of the object or situation has ceased. The client will talk to himself or herself to control actions more effectively describes self-control therapy, and the client will meet with others with the same problem in a support group that focuses on the client's phobia describes self-help groups. The client will take medi-cation daily to control the condition is not a specific component of systematic desensitization and describes pharmacological therapy.