Manual № 39 · Specific phobias

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The manual for specific phobias.

Needles, flying, driving, dogs, heights, vomiting. One method, done properly.

12 modules — for the person whose life is being organized around one specific fear

  1. 01What a Phobia Is, and Why It Has Not Faded on Its Own
  2. 02Before You Start: Medical Clearance, Fainting, and Real Danger
  3. 03Mapping the Fear: Triggers, Predictions, and Props
  4. 04Building the Ladder
  5. 05The First Rung: How to Do an Exposure Properly
  6. 06Dropping the Props
  1. 07The Body Is Not the Danger: Interoceptive Work
  2. 08Needles, Blood, and Fainting: Applied Tension
  3. 09Fears You Cannot Practice Every Day: Flying, Driving, Dental, Vomiting
  4. 10Getting Close: Animals, Heights, and Small Spaces
  5. 11When It Is Your Child
  6. 12Keeping What You Won

Two editions

Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.

Standard edition

$39

The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.

Elite edition · most complete

$69

Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from and how strong the evidence is, to use alongside this program when a particular step is stuck. With original diagrams throughout.

Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.

Inside The Toolkit

  1. 01The Prediction Test
  2. 02The Avoidance Loop, Drawn Out
  3. 03Sizing the Step
  4. 04Staying Until You Learn, Not Until You Calm Down
  5. 05Mixing It Up: Variety, Combination, and the Occasional Surprise
  6. 06Applied Tension, Step by Step
  7. 07Making the Sensation on Purpose
  1. 08Writing the Script
  2. 09Eyes on the Thing
  3. 10Saying What You Feel, Exactly
  4. 11Taking the Props Away, One at a Time
  5. 12Many Places, Many Forms
  6. 13Watching Someone Else Do It First
  7. 14When It Comes Back

Educational content — not therapy, diagnosis, or treatment, and not a substitute for a clinician when one is needed. Every manual opens with a safety page. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988 now.