http://www.psychologistworld.com/behavior/flooding.php
This article defines flooding (or immersion) and explains why it should work, the reasoning behind it, and examples of when it could be impractical.
It also outlines another behavior mod technique called implosion therapy where you talk continuously to the person about the thing they are afraid of, focusing COMPLETELY on the parts that are extremely scary. Describing everything about it that the person is afraid of. If you do this continuously, eventually the person won't be as freaked out about it (studies suggest. Personally I doubt that JUST talking about it will work without a few actually encounters with the fear in question). It says if you do this continuously, depending on how frightening the thing you are talking about is to the person (the more terrifying the better) it can take from 2 to 9 hours for the person to be over the fear. The less time though, means the person has to take home tapes of someone talking about the thing they are afraid of to listen to as homework.
I looked up immersion because I am trying to find the other technique.
Systematic desensitization:
Gradually exposing patients to the phobic object until it can be tolerated. (so that they don't keep avoiding the phobic stimuli.)
(after the patient is taught coping strategies, such as breathing techniques.)
Exposure therapy.
This is what lily is basically asking to do. sort of.
The subject is to make a list of tasks in increasing difficulty that they will voluntarily perform (on their own) without doing any checking/safety behaviors. (things that don't make sense, but make the subject feel safer, like Viridian's hand twitch)
BUT they won't just be doing this in a session. They will continue to do this without any safety behaviors constantly, and until the move up to the next step.
https://numerons.files.wordpress.com/2012/04/behavior-therapies.pdf
This website/textbook has the best descriptions and explanations and examples. so definitely check this out when explaining stuff more in depth to relly.
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