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Matthew goes to therapy because he has a deathly fear of small white kittens. This fear was borne from watching Captain Marvel as a child, where the alien cat Goose consumed a number of secondary villains. Matt believes all household cats possess this ability and will eat him on sight. The therapist asks Matt to stay in the room for one minute with him and hypothesises the white kitten (Duckling) will not eat either of them. This is a specific cognitive therapy strategy known as: