In order to maintain your improvements, it’s important that you continue occasional 
practices even after your fear has decreased. These strategies are explored in greater 
detail in chapter 11.
TYPES OF EXPOSURE
This section discusses three different dimensions that should be taken into account when 
planning exposure practices. They are (1) exposure to social situations vs. feared sensa -
tions; (2) imagined vs. live exposure; and (3) gradual vs. rapid exposure.