Reports the treatment of a disabling case of hemophobia by partial self-desensitization. The client completed the last 9 items of a 16-item fear hierarchy by herself at home. Relaxation was self-induced and she presented the desensitization monologue to herself. At a 1-yr follow-up she functioned as a student nurse on an obstetrics ward with no indication of recurrence of the phobia. The use of subvocal cues in controlling phobic behavior is discussed. The importance of the discrimination process in phobic reactions is suggested. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1969 American Psychological Association.