Treating Phobias: Desensitization, Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy, and EMDR

In this program, the treatment of John's claustrophobia, Judith's fear of flying, and David's fear of heights?phobias described by the DSM-IV as Situational Type and Natural Environment Type?are documented. Groundbreaking applications of virtual reality, by Emory University's Barbara Rothbaum, and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, by clinical psychologist Carl Nickeson, are profiled. The research of Jeffrey Gray, of the Institute of Psychiatry (London), into blood flow in the brain during moments of stress, panic, and terror is also examined. A BBC Production. (48 minutes, color