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EXPOSURE THERAPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("exposure therapy" is a kind of...):
desensitisation procedure; desensitisation technique; desensitization procedure; desensitization technique; systematic desensitisation; systematic desensitization (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)
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