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77: Chapter 77 [System Desensitization Therapy] 77: Chapter 77 [System Desensitization Therapy] This answer was absolutely unexpected for Nan Zhubin.

Was it Xia Tian accompanying Chen Ting for the consultation?

What kind of situation is this?

It looks like too many stories might have indeed happened after that day.

“Hmm…

I’m glad to hear this news.

Classmates and friends are important social support systems in your school life, which can play a significant role when you leave the consultation in the future.”

Nan Zhubin gave a fair professional evaluation.

Chen Ting also showed a “life is getting better” smile.

Without delving deeply into this topic, Nan Zhubin ended the initial pleasantries of the consultation and guided them into the main topic.

“Today, our consultation is mainly about conducting a ‘System Desensitization Therapy’.

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Nan Zhubin explained.

‘System Desensitization Therapy’ is a treatment technique from the behaviorist school, primarily used to help clients combat anxiety or fear states that exceed normal limits in a specific context.

“We need to proceed with this process in four steps.”

Nan Zhubin explained and handed Chen Ting a piece of paper: “First, we do the first step—I need you to write down events on this paper that make you feel anxious and fearful.”

Writing down chaotic memories in your mind on paper is itself a sort of sorting through the client’s thoughts.

This step serves two purposes:

Firstly, ‘Memory’ itself is a form of re-experiencing the scenes.

When the client can clearly sort out these terrifying scenes, it indicates they have already developed a certain fundamental courage.

Secondly, writing these terrifying events on paper and facing them is a form of ‘Confrontation’, which significantly tempers the spirit.

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Chen Ting has already directly defeated Wang An, so naturally, she has the ability to write down these words.

Nevertheless, Nan Zhubin still observed that Chen Ting furrowed her brow tightly as she started writing.

Her body was stiff and she leaned back effortfully, as if trying to keep distance from the paper in front of her.

Even though these ‘events’ only appear in the form of words, Chen Ting wanted to distance herself from them as much as possible.

This is normal.

Psychological issues are dual problems targeting both the body and the psyche, unlike weeds in the field that can be eliminated by pulling them out.

Sometimes, they resemble ever-present cancers; even though the tumor is removed today, there’s always something lingering in the body, in the spirit, lurking.

Psychologically, you may already have let go or overcome it today, but if someday in the future life takes a sharp downturn or when encountering similar situations, the same fear might erupt again;

Physically, long-term formed physiological reactions are even harder to overcome, as those conditioned reflexes hidden in the physiology cannot always be controlled by the mind.

So now, even though the issue with Wang An has been resolved, Nan Zhubin still needs to continue intervening with Chen Ting’s consultation.

He needs to make Chen Ting more psychologically resilient and harder to hurt; at the same time, he needs to equip her with mental weapons so even when confronted with similar situations, she can autonomously eliminate them.

For physiological reactions, today’s ‘System Desensitization Therapy’ is used, employing behaviorist techniques to uproot the terrifying memories embedded in the muscles and cover them with new conditioned reflexes.

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“Mr.

Nan, I’m done writing.”

Shortly after, Chen Ting exhaled deeply and handed over the densely written paper.

Nan Zhubin took it and looked it over, seeing roughly seven items written on it.

Most are related to Wang An individually, while a few describe a scene where family members are discussing Wang An.

Nan Zhubin nodded internally; the entire ‘System Desensitization Therapy’ process benefits greatly from having the client face between six to ten frightening events.

Nan Zhubin hadn’t set this limit for Chen Ting beforehand, hoping she could unblock herself and engage in free association and also to assess Chen Ting’s current psychological state.

She has indeed achieved sufficient growth.

“Alright, next, we need to assign levels to these terrifying events,” Nan Zhubin guided.

“Assign levels?”

“Yes.” Nan Zhubin nodded, “You wrote down seven terrifying events; the one you find most terrifying is ‘level seven,’ and the least terrifying is ‘level one.’ Rank these terrifying events accordingly.”

The “System” in ‘System Desensitization’ means a step-by-step, graded confrontation, similar to beating monsters and leveling up.

Once the client overcomes the weakest frightening event, they gain experience, becoming progressively stronger until they can handle all fears.

Chen Ting continued to furrow her brow, deeply thinking about and immersing herself in all the terrifying events, assigning them into seven levels in order.

Then she handed it back to Nan Zhubin.

Nan Zhubin glanced over it again.

While reviewing it, he simultaneously mentally simulated the recorded events and scenes, then obtained related details from Chen Ting’s words to enrich and complete the imagination constructed in his mind.

After a long while, he nodded.

With the preparations complete, he began formally introducing the subsequent steps.

“Alright, today’s ‘System Desensitization’ consists of four steps in total.

We’ve now completed the first step—the preparation phase, called ‘Establishing the Horror Level Hierarchy.’

“Next, we’re going to start the desensitization part, which includes the remaining three steps: ‘Relaxation,’ ‘Imaginary Desensitization,’ and ‘Stop Imagining.’

Chen Ting tensed her face and nodded seriously.

Nan Zhubin smiled, gesturing a circle in the air over Chen Ting’s body with a pen: “First, let’s do ‘Relaxation’, which means you shouldn’t maintain your current state.”

Chen Ting gave a small smile, her expression somewhat stiff.

Today, the consultation room that Nan Zhubin chose had a sofa with headphones and a computer, used to facilitate ‘Music Therapy,’ though it’s often utilized to provide sufficient lunchtime rest for consultants.

Nan Zhubin guided Chen Ting to the sofa, instructing her to lie back in the most comfortable position.

“Good, now you can adjust your hands, feet, and torso, letting your muscles reach the most relaxed position.”

Nan Zhubin said as he dimmed the room’s lights.

The room was well insulated, and since Nan Zhubin had deliberately scheduled today’s consultation when there weren’t any other clients around, he minimized disturbances as much as possible.

At this moment, the consultation room was free from any external influence, with only Nan Zhubin’s voice echoing inside.

Nan Zhubin lowered his voice, and his emotion-soothing tone seemed to magically penetrate into Chen Ting’s mind.

“Now, I want you to follow my rhythm and start taking deep breaths.”