Arrange in sequence the following statements describing the process of systematic desensitisation.

A. Over sessions the client is able to imagine more severe fear provoking situations, while maintaining a relaxed state.
B. The client is interviewed to elicit fear provoking situation.
C. The therapist asks the client to relax his muscles & stop thinking at the slightest tension he feels.
D. A hierarchy of anxiety provoking situation is prepared by the therapist.
E. The therapist relaxes the client and asks him to think about the least anxiety provoking situation.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

B, D, E, C, A

Systematic desensitisation is a technique introduced by Wolpe for treating phobias or irrational fears. The client is interviewed to elicit fearprovoking situations and together with the client , the therapist prepares a hierarchy of anxiety-provoking stimuli with the least anxiety-provoking stimuli at the bottom of the hierarchy. The therapist relaxes the client and asks the client to think about the least anxiety-provoking situation. The client is asked to stop thinking of the fearful situation if the slightest tension is felt. Over sessions, the client is able to imagine more severe fearprovoking situations while maintaining the relaxation. The client gets systematically desensitised to the fear.