Freddy is obsessed with cleanliness and, as a result, compulsively changes his "dirty" shirts up to twenty three times every day. He is working with a therapist who is helping him resist changing shirts. He is gradually starting to wear his shirts for progressively longer periods of time. The type of therapy he is engaged in is __________

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Response prevention is a type of therapy that involves preventing a person from engaging in their compulsive behavior and gradually increasing the time between each instance of that behavior. In this case, Freddy's therapist is helping him resist changing his shirts, and gradually increasing the duration of time he wears them before changing to overcome his compulsive behavior. Aversion therapy involves pairing a negative stimulus with the behavior, modeling involves observing and imitating a modeled behavior, and systematic desensitization involves gradually exposing a person to a feared stimulus to reduce anxiety. None of these therapies are directly related to the type of therapy that Freddy is engaged in.

Freddy Is Obsessed with Cleanliness And, as a Result, Compulsively