In systematic desensitization, after a client has talked about the most and the least frightening aspects of the feared situation, the very next step involves

Expose the client to the stressor

Explanation: Next step is to expose the client to an imaginary or real situation in which him or her is near the stressful object or situation starting from the one he/she fears the less to the one he/she fears the most.

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