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4 unusual facts about Joseph Wolpe


Joseph Wolpe

Mary Cover Jones had used similar techniques in treating phobias in younger children.

Wolpe developed the Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUDS) for assessing the level of subjective discomfort or psychological pain.

Systematic Desensitization is what Wolpe is most famous for.

Maxie Clarence Maultsby, Jr.

During this time he also participated in an intensive training in Behaviour Therapy with Joseph Wolpe at the Eastern Psychiatric Institute, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as well as studied Autogenic Training with Wolfgang Luth in Montreal, Canada.



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