EXPOSURE THERAPY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exposure therapy mean? 

• EXPOSURE THERAPY (noun)
  The noun EXPOSURE THERAPY has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: EXPOSURE THERAPY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXPOSURE THERAPY (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

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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)