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Another method psychologist and psychiatrist use to treat patients with extreme phobias is prolonged exposure. Prolonged exposure is used in psychotherapy where the person with the phobia is exposed to their fear of a thing or thought. This technique is only tested when a person has overcoming avoidance of or escape from the phobic object or situation. People with slight distress from their phobias usually do not need prolonged exposure to their fear.