A client is in therapy to reduce anxiety caused to them by highway driving. The client's therapist uses a method in which a new response that is incompatible with anxiety is conditioned to the anxiety-arousing CS. The therapist is using ___________ to treat the client of their anxiety.

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Counterconditioning involves conditioning a new response that is incompatible with a previously learned response (in this case, anxiety) to the conditioned stimulus (CS), which in this scenario is highway driving. This technique is often used in therapy to reduce or eliminate anxiety responses.

A Client Is in Therapy to Reduce Anxiety Caused to Them