In systematic desensitization, after the client has mentioned about the most and the least frightening aspects of the feared situation, the very next step involves:

In systematic desensitization, after the client has mentioned about the most and the least frightening aspects of the feared situation, the very next step involves the arrangement of frightening aspects in a hierarchical order. This is followed by learning of different mechanisms to cope the situation and then, application of the coping method by counter conditioning.