The textbook describes using virtual reality to treat phobias where clients,over a series of trials,receive increasing exposure to their feared stimulus (e.g. ,a spider).This is an example of what type of exposure therapy?

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In vivo exposure therapy involves gradually exposing the client to their feared stimulus in real life. However, in the case of virtual reality therapy, clients are exposed to their feared stimulus in a simulated environment, hence it falls in the category of in vivo exposure therapy as opposed to other types of exposure therapies such as systematic desensitization or flooding.

The Textbook Describes Using Virtual Reality to Treat Phobias Where