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3. Imaginal Reprocessing and Expressive Writing—have client generate script or imagery of traumatic
   or troubling imagery or memory; develop an alternative, more adaptive version and repeatedly expose;
   client instructed to write out a detailed description of thoughts and feelings associated with past
   troubling memory or imagery in form of expressive writing.


4. Mindfulness and Acceptance—utilize self-monitoring and mindfulness exercises to train clients in a
   nonjudgmental, observational, and objectifying acceptance of anxious thoughts, feelings, and bodily
   sensations in order to reduce experiential avoidance of anxiety.