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Contextual Analysis and Treatment of Phobic Behavior as It Changes

Contextual therapy of phobias is based upon the observation, analysis, and conceptualization of phobic behavior as it changes in its natural contexts. Detailed, tape-recorded studies of phobic behavior changing in context were used to develop concepts and treatment of the processes governing change. Contextual therapy has been applied to individual, group, and self-help treatment of phobias.

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