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behavior modification, behavior therapy
psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
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client-centered therapy
a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session
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crisis intervention
psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisis
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group psychotherapy, group therapy
psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic
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hypnotherapy
the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy
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play therapy
form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment
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analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis
a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
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self-analysis
the application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality
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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; primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success)
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desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguished
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flooding, implosion therapy
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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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; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
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token economy
a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards
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family therapy
any of several therapeutic approaches in which a family is treated as a whole
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hypnoanalysis
the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis
