Anxiety & Exposure
Understand the avoidance trap — and the structured way out.
Course map
Stage 1 · Orientation
How the course works, how access works, and where avoidance has you now.
0. Orientation
How this course works, what is coming, and how access works.
1. Your Starting Point
A quick, judgement-free baseline — how much is avoidance running things right now, and what do you already know?
Stage 2 · The Anxiety Map
Why avoidance feels like relief and quietly makes anxiety stronger.
2. The Anxiety Map
Why avoidance feels like relief and quietly makes anxiety stronger.
Stage 3 · Triggers & Hierarchy
Read what sets the alarm off, then turn one fear into a ladder you can climb.
3. Triggers & Early Warning Signs
Map what sets the alarm off — inside and outside — before it runs you.
4. Building Your Exposure Hierarchy
Turn one fear into a ladder you can actually climb.
Stage 4 · The Plan
Make the ladder a SMART plan you can run this week — and review with your clinician.
5. The SMART Exposure Plan
Make the ladder a plan you can run this week — and review with your clinician.
Stage 5 · Consolidation
One sweep, one readiness check, one plan you keep.
6. Lock It In
One sweep, one readiness check, one plan you keep.
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