The treatment of anxiety and phobic reactions by systematic desensitization psychotherapy.

Abstract

"The aim of this paper is to present a detailed account of systematic desensitization psychotherapy in action. The present case was chosen for description because it clearly illustrates the principle and practice of this type of therapy and because of its intrinsic clinical interest The treatment... of a 24-year-old female patient suffering from anxiety and phobic reactions is described in detail. Several points arising out of the case history, including the development of the neurotic behavior and the "spontaneous" recovery of sexual adequacy, are discussed.".