| Abstract: | Phobic patients were placed in groups receiving either insight or desensitization (Wolpe, 1958) therapy. In approximately 20 sessions, 13 of 18 Ss treated by Wolpe's method were able to tolerate the fantasy of their phobic situation as well as to live through the experience outside of therapy without experiencing anxiety. Only 2 patients were symptom free in a comparable number of hours of insight-oriented group therapy. The 15 non-symtom-free Ss in the latter group were then placed in densensitization groups: 10 improved in 10 sessions. The implication of the results were discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
