behavior therapy

Noun

1.

behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior Synonyms: behavior modification

assertiveness training, aversion therapy, behavior modification, desensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, flooding, implosion therapy, psychotherapy, reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy, systematic desensitisation, systematic desensitization, token economy

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