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IMPLOSION THERAPY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
flooding; implosion therapy
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("implosion therapy" is a kind of...):
behavior modification; behavior therapy (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)