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Cognitive behavioral therapy is kind of done differently by each type of counselor you
go to. For example, if you go to a social worker, most likely what they're going to
do is, you'll do half and half. So half of your session is going to be, you know, talk
about the feelings, what's going on, what feeling exactly gets provoked when you see
this object, or your in this place? If you're afraid..claustrophobic, afraid of small spaces.
You know, maybe your social worker would have told you; try opening the closet door and
looking in. See if you can take a step in. And then your next session, what you would
do is you would discuss what happened. Were you able to even open the door? How far in
did you get? What were the things that go through your mind? A lot of times they might
provide you with some kind of work sheet so that you can get a better understanding. One
of the things that isn't always incorporated but can be incorporated to this,is kind of
a support group, a peer support group. And if you're not doing this on the side, what
your counselor will do is they'll go ahead and incorporate some of those elements, by
providing you with some information that other people with the same or at least similar type
of phobia as yourself have, knowing that now you're not alone and that this is a little
bit more common than you thought and that other people can and are, you know, being
able to live with it and doing just fine.