Ali is being treated for a shoe fetish. The therapist pairs electric shock with the sight and touch of shoes. The therapist also is teaching Ali to engage in appropriate social skills and how to feel sexual pleasure without resorting to shoes. The therapist probably supports which approach to treatment?

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The therapist is using classical conditioning (pairing electric shock with the sight and touch of shoes) and skill training (teaching appropriate social skills and how to feel sexual pleasure without shoes), which are techniques associated with the behaviorist approach to treatment. This approach focuses on modifying observable behaviors.

Ali Is Being Treated for a Shoe Fetish