“…Table 1 presents a summary of reports of pairing relaxation with graduated imaginal stimuli. The method has been applied to tics related to interpersonal anxiety (Wolpe, 19S8, 1961), stuttering (Wolpe, 19S8, 1961), fear of ambulances and hospitals (Lazarus & Rachman, 1960), anorexia (Hallstein, 1965), school phobia (Chapel, 1967;Lazarus, 1960;Lazarus, Davison, & Polefka, 196S;Ney, 1967), mathematics phobia (Bauer, 1968), reading anxiety (Coyle, 1968;Word & Rozynko, 1974), fear of loud noises (Tasto, 1969), test anxiety (Deffenbacher & Kemper, 1974;Mann & Rosenthal, 1969), dog phobia (MacDonald,197S), and dream-induced anxiety (Cavior & Deutsch,197S). Of the 22 reports of this procedure, 18 were case studies.…”