Coaching practices for Agoraphobia Support Person
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Does this sound like the set of challenges you might be facing?
- I can only do certain things if a particular person comes with me
- I can only handle the scary situation if I’ve got my little crutch
- I keep asking the people around me "are you sure it’s fine?" over and over
- I can get through the scary thing now, but only with my little crutches
- I only get through hard moments by clutching my little crutches
Practices that may help
- Fade reliance on a support person
Gradually enter feared situations with decreasing support from a person who has been a source of safety.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Gradually drop safety behaviors
Safety behaviors (a phone, a companion, a pill) reduce distress in the moment but prevent the learning that exposure is meant to produce.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Fade reassurance-seeking
Gradually reduce how often you seek reassurance from others that the feared thing won't happen.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Eliminate safety behaviors
Identify and drop the subtle actions that reduce anxiety but prevent learning you don’t need them.
Exposure Therapy: Facing Fears to Shrink Them - Run exposures without safety behaviors
Do induction exercises while deliberately leaving out the coping props you normally rely on.
Interoceptive Exposure for Panic - Drop the safety behaviors
Let go of the small avoidances and crutches you use to feel "safe" from anxiety.
The DARE Response to Anxiety, Made Practical - Add interoceptive rungs for bodily fear
If you fear the physical sensations of anxiety itself, include exposures that deliberately induce them.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical - Build an avoidance hierarchy and work through it systematically
List all the situations you avoid because of anxiety, from least to most frightening, then work up the list.
Safety Behavior Fading, Made Practical - Build an anxiety hierarchy
List feared situations from least to most distressing before any exposure begins.
Counter-Conditioning and Systematic Desensitization - Stay in the situation until anxiety drops
Remain in the feared situation long enough for distress to fall — leaving early teaches the wrong lesson.
The Fear Ladder: Graded Exposure Made Practical
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Drop the safety behaviors
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