My Extreme Animal Phobia

My Extreme Animal Phobia
Genre	Reality television
Starring	Dr. Robin Zasio
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	6 (1 unaired)
Production
Executive producers	Tom Forman [1] Julie Jones [1] Jon Beyer [1] Brad Bishop [1] Lisa Lucas [1]
Running time	60 minutes
Production company	RelativelyREAL [1]
Original release
Network	Animal Planet
Release	October 21 (2011-10-21) – November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)

My Extreme Animal Phobia is an Animal Planet television miniseries that premiered on October 21, 2011. ^[2] Each episode of the series focuses upon three patients who are assisted by Dr. Robin Zasio in overcoming their various animal phobias through exposure therapy ^[1] over the course of five days. ^{[3] [4]}

Episodes

Season 1: 2011–2011

Season 1 premiered on October 21, 2011 ^[2] and ran during the Friday night 10 p.m. timeslot on Animal Planet. ^[1]

No.	Title	Patients [5]	Original air date [5]
1	"They Hide in the AC"	Marvin (pitbulls), Seth (snakes), Jahara (spiders)	October 21, 2011 (2011-10-21)
2	"Worse Than Halloween"	Tom (bats), Roxanna (rats), Laura (cockroaches)	November 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)
3	"My Worst Fear"	Andrew (cockroaches), Jackie (butterflies), Katie (spiders)	November 4, 2011 (2011-11-04)
4	"Swarms of Venom"	Shelly (sharks), Kurt (bees), Tameeka (millipedes)	November 11, 2011 (2011-11-11)
5	"It's Trying to Get Me"	Donyale (moths), Tino (lizards), Luann (birds)	November 18, 2011 (2011-11-18)
6	"Petrified of Pets"	Sandra (cats), Shereese (dogs), Patrick (spiders)	TBA

Critical reception

My Extreme Animal Phobia received mixed reviews. Neil Genzlinger of The New York Times was quite critical of the show, calling it "fairly ridiculous" and "a disservice, really, to those afflicted with debilitating phobias." ^[1]

References

1. Genzlinger, Neil (20 October 2011). "Snakes, Spiders and Pit Bulls, Oh My!". The New York Times . Retrieved 10 December 2011.
2. Stein, Jeannine (13 October 2011). "'My Extreme Animal Phobia' explores fears of creatures big and small". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 10 December 2011.
3. Winick, T.J.; Janik, Kinga (17 November 2011). "Snakes, Spiders, Pit Bull Puppies, Oh My? 'My Extreme Animal Phobia' Examines Fears of Critters". ABC. Retrieved 10 December 2011.
4. "International OCD Foundation | Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)".
5. "MY EXTREME ANIMAL PHOBIA: Episode Guide". Animal Planet. Discovery Communications, Inc. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

External links

• My Extreme Animal Phobia at IMDb