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DESENSITISATION TECHNIQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does desensitisation technique mean? 

DESENSITISATION TECHNIQUE (noun)
  The noun DESENSITISATION TECHNIQUE has 1 sense:

1. 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 extinguishedplay

  Familiarity information: DESENSITISATION TECHNIQUE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DESENSITISATION TECHNIQUE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

desensitisation procedure; desensitisation technique; desensitization procedure; desensitization technique; systematic desensitisation; systematic desensitization

Hypernyms ("desensitisation technique" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desensitisation technique"):

exposure therapy (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)


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