Definition
Programs that specialize in providing therapeutic interventions that utilize a technique developed by Joseph Wolpe which has the individual participate in a series of progressively more threatening day dreams or visualizations after mastering basic muscular relaxation. As the patient learns to relax in spite of progressively more threatening images, this learning is transferred to everyday situations.
URL Name
RD-6450
Third Level Code
RD-6450
Taxonomy Code
RD-6450
Parent Code
RD
Family Code
R
Second Level Code
RD
Publication Status
Online