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The Power of Extrapolating Basic Laboratory Principles: The Behavioural-Cognitive Approach of Implosive Therapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Donald J. Levis
Donald J. Levis*
Affiliation:
Binghamton University
*
Psychology Department, Binghamton University, PO Box 6000, Binghamton, NY 13902-60000, USA
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Abstract

The purpose of this article is to emphasise the importance of basic research in the advancement of theory and clinical technique. To illustrate the power of such a strategy the theory and imagery technique of Implosive (Flooding) Therapy will be briefly described along with a recent modification that has resulted in the development of a new technique which is capable of reactivating all past traumatic memories responsible for the development and maintenance of psychopathology. This new approach has resulted in a number of important discoveries that challenge many currently held beliefs.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 10 , Issue 3: Special Issue: The Relevance of Basic Research to Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy , September 1993, pp. 154 - 161
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1993

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