Two-stage therapy for agoraphobia.
This paper describes a course of therapy with an agoraphobic female patient. Therapy consisted of two stages: In the first stage, behavioral procedure was applied; in the second, a shift toward exploration of deep cognitive structures was initiated. The advantages of such a therapeutic strategy with agoraphobics are reviewed.
D000328:Adult; D000379:Agoraphobia / Q000628:therapy*; D001010:Anxiety, Separation / Q000523:psychology; D001521:Behavior Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D003071:Cognition; D003858:Dependency, Psychological; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010698:Phobic Disorders / Q000628:therapy*