Latoya visits a therapist for treatment of her anxiety.Her therapist teaches her to relax on a couch while working her way through a fear-stimulus hierarchy.Eventually,she is able to remain calm in each of the situations presented in the hierarchy.Her therapist used a technique called ________.

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The technique described is systematic desensitization, which involves exposing the individual to a hierarchy of feared situations while teaching relaxation techniques to reduce anxiety. This type of therapy is commonly used to treat anxiety disorders. Choice A (chain breaking) and B (response prevention) are other types of behavioral therapies used to treat certain disorders but are not applicable to the scenario described. Choice C (cue-controlled conditioning) is a type of classical conditioning that involves pairing a stimulus with a particular response, but it is not the technique described in this scenario.

Latoya Visits a Therapist for Treatment of Her Anxiety