Joseph Wolpe
1915-1997
South African psychiatrist (1915-1997), creator of systematic desensitization.
Founder or figure of
Quotations
“If a response antagonistic to anxiety can be made to occur in the presence of anxiety-evoking stimuli so that it is accompanied by a complete or partial suppression of the anxiety responses, the bond between these stimuli and the anxiety responses will be weakened.”
Covered in Tome 2 of the Mémento des Psychothérapies.