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Exposure Therapy
What is Exposure Therapy?
Exposure Therapy is a proven, evidence-based treatment for anxiety disorders, phobias and trauma-related difficulties. It helps you face feared situations, sensations or thoughts in a safe, structured way, so anxiety reduces over time and life becomes less restricted by avoidance. At Hampstead Psychology, we offer Exposure Therapy in Hampstead and Marylebone, London, as well as online across the UK and internationally.
How Exposure Therapy Works
Anxiety is often maintained through avoidance. Avoidance brings short-term relief, but it also teaches the brain that the feared situation is dangerous, which strengthens anxiety and shrinks life over time. Exposure Therapy breaks this cycle by helping you approach feared triggers gradually and systematically, at a pace that is challenging but manageable. With repetition and support, tolerance increases, confidence builds, and fear responses reduce. Exposure work may be used on its own or as part of CBT or ERP, depending on your needs.
What Exposure Therapy Can Help With
Exposure Therapy is commonly used for specific phobias (such as flying, heights, needles or driving), social anxiety and fear of judgement, panic attacks and agoraphobia, health anxiety and contamination fears, PTSD and trauma-related difficulties, and obsessive fears with avoidance behaviours.
Private Exposure Therapy with Experienced Psychologists
Exposure Therapy can be particularly effective for people who feel limited by fear or avoidance and want a clear, step-by-step way forward. We provide Exposure Therapy delivered by experienced clinical and counselling psychologists, tailored to your goals and delivered with discretion, whether you attend in person or online.
Take the next step
Contact us to arrange a consultation with one of our experienced psychologists, and learn how Exposure Therapy can help you reclaim your life.
We tailor treatment to each individual, drawing on a range of evidence-based approaches including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT), EMDR, and other specialist therapies. Or see other pages related to exposure therapy here health anxiety, stress and burnout and PTSD and trauma.
Meet the team
At Hampstead Psychology, you’ll work with clinical and counselling psychologists who bring substantial experience and a high standard of clinical judgement. We prioritise careful assessment and strong formulation so therapy stays focused and effective, not open-ended. Clients come to us when they want thoughtful, evidence-based work delivered with maturity, discretion and consistency.
