HyperDic: exposure_therapy

English > 1 sense of the expression exposure therapy:
NOUNactexposure therapya form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation
English > exposure therapy: 1 sense > noun 1, act
MeaningA form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation.
Broaderdesensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisationA technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety

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