A client living in a beachfront community is seeking help with an extreme fear of bridges, which is interfering with daily functioning. The psychiatric nurse practitioner decides to try systematic desensitization. Which explanation of this treatment should the nurse provide?
A) "Using your imagination, we will attempt to achieve a state of relaxation."
B) "Because anxiety and relaxation are mutually exclusive states, we can attempt to substitute a relaxation response for the anxiety response."
C) "Through a series of increasingly anxiety-provoking steps, we will gradually increase your tolerance to anxiety."
D) "In one intense session, you will be exposed to a maximum level of anxiety that you will learn to tolerate."
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