Dr. Smith is hoping that his patient with OCD will experience reduced anxiety and less frequent obsessions when he is asked to face situations that provoke obsessions and make him anxious. The term referring to this treatment process is

A) psychoanalysis
B) cognitive therapy
C) transference
D) exposure


Answer: D

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