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•One-Session Treatment is a unique form of massed exposure therapy for specific phobias. Instead of multiple, weekly sessions, therapy involves only 1 three-hour session. A recent study reported 90% of children and adolescents receiving OST have shown clinically and statistically significant improvement (Öst et al., 2001). One-Session Treatment has also been suggested to have a "well-established" empirical status in the child treatment literature (Davis & Ollendick, 2005). In other words, rigorous, well-designed, treatment studies by different researchers have all suggested One-Session Treatment works well.

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•One-Session Treatment combines:

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In Vivo Exposure:

Gradually coming into contact with what you are afraid of in a controlled, supportive, safe manner (nothing is ever done without discussing the step first and getting your approval)

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–Participant Modeling :

Having the therapist demonstrate each step and gently guide you verbally and physically (for example, having the therapist show you how to pet a dog safely)

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–Cognitive Challenges:

Confronting and challenging anxious thoughts which contribute to the fear