Nicolai has a strong compulsion to check every water tap he passes by. His therapist and he are walking through a large restaurant kitchen, and the therapist is helping him resist the temptation to touch the handle to make sure the tap is completely shut off. During the hour session, Nicolai's anxiety becomes extremely high but then subsides. What therapeutic processes are taking place

Psychoanalysis and Psychodynamic Therapies

The therapeutic processes taking place are exposure and response prevention.

Explanation:

Exposure means confronting the fears until the individual is nor more afraid of them and Response prevention means to refrain from compulsion, escape behaviors and avoidance.

ERP or exposure and response prevention is the important kind of cognitive behavior therapy. Initially the therapy is taken place under the supervision of the therapist but later the individual carries itself until the symptoms starts to vanish.

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