Jan has a fear of riding across bridges. In order to get her over her phobia, she is asked to imagine a series of increasingly distressing images involving her riding in a car across increasingly longer bridges. The most distressing being imagining herself driving across the Lake Pontchartrain Bridge to her cousin's house. This procedure is a type of

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This procedure is a type of desensitization, specifically systematic desensitization, where a person is gradually exposed to an anxiety-producing object or situation (in this case, through imagination) in a controlled manner, starting with the least distressing scenario and moving towards the most distressing. This helps the person to gradually reduce their fear response.

Jan Has a Fear of Riding Across Bridges