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▪ Be nonjudgmental and supportive.

▪ Assure the client that her or his feelings and behaviors are normal reactions.
▪ Assist the client to recognize the association between her or his feelings and
behaviors and the trauma experience.

▪ Encourage the client to express her or his feelings; provide individual therapy
that addresses loss of control or anger issues.
▪ Monitor for suicidal risk

▪ Teach stress management techniques.
▪ Assist the client to develop adaptive coping mechanisms and to use relaxation
techniques.

▪ Encourage use of support groups.
▪ Facilitate a progressive review of the trauma experience (called flooding).
▪ Encourage the client to establish and re-establish relationships.
▪ Include the family in treatment.
▪ Inform the client that hypnotherapy or systematic desensitization may be
recommended as a form of treatment.

Box 65-3

Some Types of Phobias

Acrophobia: Fear of heights
Agoraphobia: Fear of open spaces
Astraphobia: Fear of electrical storms
Claustrophobia: Fear of closed spaces
Hematophobia: Fear of blood
Hydrophobia: Fear of water
Monophobia: Fear of being alone
Mysophobia: Fear of dirt or germs
Nyctophobia: Fear of darkness
Pyrophobia: Fear of fires
Social Phobia: Fear of situations in which one might be embarrassed or
criticized; fear of making a fool of oneself
Xenophobia: Fear of strangers
Zoophobia: Fear of animals

Box 65-4

Interventions for Obsessive-Compulsive and
Related Disorders

▪ Ensure that basic needs (food, rest, hygiene) are met.

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