IMPLOSION THERAPY

Pronunciation (US):

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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)

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