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Two-Stage Therapy for Agoraphobia

This paper describes a course of therapy with an agoraphobic female patient. Therapy consisted of two stages: In the first stage, behavioral procedure was applied; in the second, a shift toward exploration of deep cognitive structures was initiated. The advantages of such a therapeutic strategy with agoraphobics are reviewed.

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