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    Joseph Wolpe, born in South Africa in 1915, developed systematic desensitization to treat extreme anxiety about specific triggers. His approach involves creating a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations from least to most stressful and pairing relaxation techniques with exposure to each situation, beginning with the least stressful, to help people overcome their fears. This page about Wolpe's work and life was written by a student, jms, for a counseling theories class and may contain errors.

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    Joseph Wolpe, born in South Africa in 1915, developed systematic desensitization to treat extreme anxiety about specific triggers. His approach involves creating a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations from least to most stressful and pairing relaxation techniques with exposure to each situation, beginning with the least stressful, to help people overcome their fears. This page about Wolpe's work and life was written by a student, jms, for a counseling theories class and may contain errors.

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    Joseph Wolpe, born in South Africa in 1915, developed systematic desensitization to treat extreme anxiety about specific triggers. His approach involves creating a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations from least to most stressful and pairing relaxation techniques with exposure to each situation, beginning with the least stressful, to help people overcome their fears. This page about Wolpe's work and life was written by a student, jms, for a counseling theories class and may contain errors.

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    Joseph Wolpe (1915 - )

    Born in South Africa, Wolpe is best known for his work on systematic
    desensitization, a methodology designed to treat people with extreme anxiety about
    specific events, situations, things, or people. His approach involves developing a
    hierarchy of anxiety-provoking situations, learning relaxation techniques, then
    associating these situations with relaxation, beginning at the bottom, or least anxiety-
    provoking, part of the hierarchy.

    Look here for list of some of Wolpe's writings.

    This page was written by me to support my Theories of Counseling and


    Psychotherapy class rather than by Dr. Wolpe. I take full responsibility for any errors
    that are present herein.

    Page by jms
    URL= http://psy1.clarion.edu/jms/wolpe.html

    Last modified July 10, 2002.

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