ERP Materials for Emetophobia:

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.

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

Behavioural experiment chart

Need more help?

For a full step by step guiding in treating emetophobia, check out my textbook:

The front and back cover of a textbook called Emetophobia: The Complete Guide for CBT Therapists

Purple background with the word '-Words-' in white text.

Purple background with the word "Vomit" in white text.

The image has a purple background with the word 'Puke' written in white text.

Pink background with the word 'Barf' in white text

The word 'Nausea' written in white text on a purple background.

Purple background with the word 'Sickness' in white text.

The word 'Diarrhoea' written in white text on a purple background.

Purple background with the text 'Noro-virus' in white.

Purple background with white text that reads "Stomach bug."

Purple background with white text reading 'Food Poisoning'

Text on purple background that reads 'Queasy'

Purple background with the word 'Gag' in white center

Purple background with the word 'Retch' in white text centered.

Purple background with white text saying "The end! Well-done" and a red "YAY!" with colorful burst design.

Purple background with white text that reads '-Cartoons-'.

Person kneeling and vomiting into a toilet

Cartoon woman holding stomach and covering her mouth, appearing to feel nauseous or sick.

Cartoon of a boy with brown hair holding his nose and stomach, indicating he feels sick against a purple background.

Cartoon boy with brown hair and green skin covering his mouth with both hands, against a purple background.

A cartoon boy with green face and limbs, vomiting green liquid.

Cartoon of a person with black hair vomiting into a toilet, tears in their eyes, wearing a green shirt, on a purple background.

Cartoon baby with a beard and mustache, crying with arms raised, against a purple background.

Cartoon of a boy vomiting bright green liquid.

An illustrated cartoon of a hand and an esophagus with green vomit coming out of it.

Purple background with white text saying 'The end! Well-done' and a red 'YAY!' with colorful splash accents.

Text saying 'People before vomiting' on a purple background.

Woman in teal shirt clutching her stomach and covering her mouth, appearing to be nauseous or vomiting in a bathroom.

A man with a beard and short brown hair is clutching his stomach with one hand and covering his mouth with the other, appearing to be in pain or discomfort.

A woman in a hospital gown is sitting in a hospital bed, appearing to cough or breathe into a tissue.

Woman holding a green bucket to her face, possibly sneezing or coughing, sitting on a beige couch in a living room.

Person with short hair spacing out hand in front of camera in a bathroom.

Bright purple background with white text saying "The end! Well-done" and a colorful exclamation "YAY!" with celebratory dashed lines around it.

Text on a purple background reading '- People vomiting -' in white font.

Young woman leaning over a toilet with her head inside, vomiting with liquid coming out, in a bathroom.

A man in a suit bent over with a hand on his stomach, with green string-like substance hanging from his mouth, outside a modern office building.

A person wearing a pink hat and blue shirt bending over outdoors near others, with a bag of snacks on the ground.

A man dressed in athletic gear bent over with his hands on his knees, vomit on the floor and saliva coming from his mouth in a humorous depiction of exertion or sickness.

A woman with black hair, wearing black lace dress and stockings, kneeling on the bathroom floor with her head inside a toilet bowl, which contains vomit and yellow liquid.

A young boy with closed eyes eating a slice of pizza at a restaurant table, with a glass of water and a bowl nearby.

A woman lying on her side in bed with her hand resting on her forehead, appearing to be tired or unwell, with some food scattered on the bed near her.

A purple background with white text that says "The end! Well-done" and colorful confetti with the word "YAY!" in red in the center.

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: