Joseph is a client of yours doing outpatient therapy, one on one at least once a week for social phobia. He presents with intense anxiety, fear of being judged by others, intense negative self-judgments, and has dropped out of college because of these fears.

Using behavioral therapy techniques describe your approach to helping Joseph overcome his social phobia.

• What is the behavior you would like to change?
• Using concepts of behavioral reinforcement, how can this be achieved?
• How long do you think this would take to make this change?