Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Explain how phobic responses are generated and sustained by threat perception.

2. Describe how changes in perception and internal response alter phobic experience.

3. Identify components of phobic responses, including sensation, impulse,  and interpretation.

4. Recognize and list indicators of direct change in phobic experience demonstrated during clinical examples.

5. Differentiate communication approaches that shift internal processing from those that maintain phobic responses.