Meaning | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior. |
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Synonym | behavior therapy |
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Narrower | assertiveness training | A method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly |
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aversion therapy | Any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way |
desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation | A technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety |
implosion therapy, flooding | A technique used in behavior therapy |
reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy | A method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it |
token economy | A form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions |
Broader | psychotherapy | The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means |
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