Dr. Barbara Rothbaum describes the imaginal exposure process by means of the transcript of a true narrative, which includes stimuli, responses, and meaning.

In this presentation, Dr. Barbara Rothbaum analyzes an imaginal exposure transcript.

Here are some highlights we’ve extracted from this video:

1. In this example of an imaginal exposure narrative, the patient included information about:
a.The stimuli: “It looked dirty. It looked evil.”
b. Her responses: “I could hear myself screaming.”
c.And the meaning: “Now, I think this is really dangerous.”
2. She speaks in the present tense to help with engagement.
3. She describes many points that will be important to discuss in the processing.

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