#behavior_therapy__behavior_modification  psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior
  supertype:  psychotherapy  the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
  subtype:  assertiveness_training__assertivenesstraining  a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
  subtype:  aversion_therapy  any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way; primarily used for alcoholism or drug abuse (but with little success)
  subtype:  desensitization_technique__desensitizationtechnique__desensitization_procedure__desensitizationprocedure__systematic_desinsitization  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
  subtype:  implosion_therapy__implosiontherapy__flooding  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
  subtype:  reciprocal_inhibition__reciprocal-inhibition_therapy  a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety
  subtype:  token_economy__tokeneconomy  a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions; patients are rewarded with tokens for appropriate behavior and the tokens may be cashed in for valued rewards

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