desensitization technique
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1. 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 (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | behavior modification, behavior therapy, |
| definition | : | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | exposure therapy, |
| definition | : | 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 (noun.act) |
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