assertiveness training

/əˌsʌrdɪvnɪs ˌtreɪnɪŋ/
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Definitions of assertiveness training
  1. noun
    a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
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    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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