Sal is suffering from arachnophobia. His therapist first has him go through relaxation training and then has him construct a fear hierarchy. Finally, the therapist has him go through a phase of graded pairings of spiders and relaxation responses. This approach is called:

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Sal's therapist is using a form of systematic desensitization, which involves relaxation training, fear hierarchy construction, and graded pairings of feared stimuli with relaxation responses. Flooding and implosive therapy are more intense and involve immediate exposure to the feared stimulus without relaxation training or hierarchy construction. Modeling involves observing others handling the feared stimulus without fear.

Sal Is Suffering from Arachnophobia