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desensitization technique

DEFINITIONS OF: desensitization technique

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n 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

Synonyms:
desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization
Types:
exposure therapy
a 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
Type of:
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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