I think you are referring to flooding - where someone is just exposed to the triggering "thing" and then deals with their anxiety. The other technique I have heard of is graded exposure, where the "thing" is introduced very gradually at a level which you can easily deal with initially, then a bit more etc. etc. so you gradually become desensitised to it. Actually now you mention it I think this is T's cunning plan in gettting me to talk about some difficult stuff that leads to me disconnecting. Good luck ygrec23