Abstract
A combination of systematic desensitization and group role playing (behavior rehearsal) is presented as applied to a young male veteran with a severe anxiety reaction who responded poorly to conventional, insight-oriented group and individual psychotherapy. Unusual resistance to role playing as preparation to meet difficult encounters at home was eliminated by progressive relaxation training and working through a hierarchy of fantasy scenes. It was then possible to bridge a wide gap between imaginative anxiety-arousing interpersonal situations and real life encounters by the reinforcement furnished in a role-playing group. This combination of two mutually reinforcing therapeutic methods may prove effective in situations where either treatment modality employed alone fails.
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