Jacob is attempting to control his kleptomania by repeatedly and vividly imagining himself being arrested, handcuffed,taken to jail,and facing his wife's anger and his son's disappointment.Jacob is using

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Jacob is using covert sensitization, which is a technique used in behavior therapy where a client imagines an undesirable behavior followed by an unpleasant consequence to reduce the frequency of that behavior. In this case, Jacob's kleptomania is the undesirable behavior, and the vivid imagining of being arrested, handcuffed, taken to jail, and facing his family's disappointment serves as an unpleasant consequence.

Jacob Is Attempting to Control His Kleptomania by Repeatedly and Vividly