Eduardo has a troublesome foot fetish. In therapy, he imagines a shoe and then immediately imagines an aversive stimulus. The behavioral approach being used is:

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Covert sensitization is a behavioral therapy technique where an individual is asked to imagine an unwanted behavior and then immediately imagine a negative or aversive stimulus. This is done to create an association between the unwanted behavior and negative outcomes, with the goal of reducing or eliminating the behavior. In this scenario, Eduardo imagining a shoe (related to his foot fetish) followed by an aversive stimulus is an example of covert sensitization.

Eduardo Has a Troublesome Foot Fetish