Exposure therapy for phobia is said to have a 90 percent success rate. But for more than half of people who go through with it, anxiety returns.
What if Some Fears Can’t Be Conquered?
Exposure therapy for phobia is said to have a 90 percent success rate. But for many patients, anxiety returns.
By
Katie Arnold-Ratliff,
a freelance writer and editor
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