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- Psychoeducation (teaching the patient about their diagnosis by explaining the physiology of anxiety or how the flight-fight system works)
- Cognitive Restructuring (identifying, challenging, and replacing the patient's beliefs causing AS)
- Emotional Acceptance (teach patients to mindfully observe their reactions rather than trying to control them)
- Interoceptive Exposure (train clients to manage symptoms, instead of fearing them, after exposing themselves to their own bodily sensations)
- In Vivo Situational Exposure (exposing patients to their feared situations and instructing them to remain in that situation to "face their face", eventually reducing the fear)

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