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Emetophobia Exposure Materials for CBT Therapists
Ready-to-use, graded exposure stimuli to help your clients face feared reminders to sickness:
Words, Cartoons, Photos, Sounds and Videos.
This page contains exposure stimuli for those with emetophobia. It starts with words and moves onto videos. This can be completed using either ERP or set up as a behavioural experiment.
This page is for use by CBT therapists. If you have emetophobia, I suggest using my free guided version - Click here
Guidance:
Start at the top and work through each category. At the end of each category, reflect on what the client has learnt about:
1) How these stimuli are safe to view.
2) How their anxiety comes down the longer they view the image because they realise it is safe.
3) How they can cope with anxiety rather than having to avoid it
4) How these types of triggers don’t need to be avoided in real life.
Charts:
Click here for an editable
or
Learn how to treat Emetophobia using CBT:
For a full step by step guiding in treating emetophobia, check out my textbook:
Sounds played on a loop:
Gagging sounds:
Retching sounds:
Sound of liquid in a toilet (no vomiting sounds):
Vomiting in toilet + retching sounds:
Man vomiting:
Exposure videos
Woman retching and briefly throwing up off camera:
Woman vomiting. Vomit not seen:
Pre teen throwing up
Man vomiting a few times:
Woman throwing up on the ground
Scene from the comedy film bridesmaids. Contains scenes of food poisoning, diarrhoea and vomiting from multiple cast members:
Woman throwing up on the ground (f word used)
Teenager throwing up on the ground and laughing
Man making himself throw up
Need more information on how to treat emetophobia?
My name is David Kaneria and I am an emetophobia specialist and author of Emetophobia: The complete guide for CBT therapists.
If you are like myself, the NHS training did not have a strong focus on how to treat Emetophobia. If you feel unsure, uneasy or unable to successfully treat Emetophobia, I have put together everything you need to know in one place.
