Julie has a fear of riding in elevators. She is seeing a therapist who asks her to construct a hierarchy of her fears related to riding in elevators. In addition, her therapist is teaching her to relax while imagining each fear in the hierarchy. Julie's therapist is using __________

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The therapist is asking Julie to create a hierarchy of fears related to riding in elevators and teaching her relaxation techniques to deal with each fear in the hierarchy. This is indicative of systematic desensitization, a behavioral therapy technique commonly used to treat phobias. Person-centered therapy and cognitive consistency therapy are not relevant to this scenario, and although rational-emotive therapy may involve creating a hierarchy of irrational beliefs and replacing them with rational ones, that is not the approach being used in the given scenario.

Julie Has a Fear of Riding in Elevators