| NOUN | act | implosion therapy, flooding | a technique used in behavior therapy |
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| Meaning | A technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them. | |
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| Synonym | flooding | |
| Broader | behavior therapy, behavior modification | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior |
| Spanish | inundación | |
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