implosion therapy
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implosion therapy — noun 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 • Syn: ↑flooding • Derivationally related forms: ↑flood (for: ↑flooding) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
implosion therapy — Psychiatry. a form of behavior therapy involving intensive recollection and review of anxiety producing situations or events in a patient s life in an attempt to develop more appropriate responses to similar situations in the future. Also called… … Universalium
therapy — 1. The treatment of disease or disorder by any method. SEE ALSO: therapeutics. 2. In psychiatry, and clinical psychology, a short term for psychotherapy. SEE ALSO: psychotherapy … Medical dictionary
implosion — 1. A sudden collapse, as of an evacuated vessel, in which there is a bursting inward rather than outward as in an explosion. 2. A type of behavior therapy, similar to flooding, during which the patient is given massive exposure to extreme anxiety … Medical dictionary
behavior therapy — noun psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior • Syn: ↑behavior modification • Hypernyms: ↑psychotherapy • Hyponyms: ↑assertiveness… … Useful english dictionary
behavior therapy — or behavioral therapy n behavior modification * * * a therapeutic approach in which the focus is on the patient s observable behavior, rather than on conflicts and unconscious processes presumed to underlie his maladaptive behavior. This is… … Medical dictionary
behavior modification — noun psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior • Syn: ↑behavior therapy • Hypernyms: ↑psychotherapy • Hyponyms: ↑assertiveness training … Useful english dictionary
flooding — noun 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 • Syn: ↑implosion therapy • Derivationally related forms: ↑flood • Hypernyms: ↑behavior… … Useful english dictionary
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