behavior therapy

Noun

Meaning

psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

marathon counseling psychotherapy hypnotism retraining biofeedback aversion therapy behavior modification

Hypernyms

psychotherapy

Hyponyms

flooding token economy aversion therapy systematic desensitization desensitisation procedure desensitisation technique

Examples

I had used eclectic therapy and behavior therapy on myself at the age of 19 to get over my fear of public speaking and of approaching young women in public. Albert Ellis

I would like to be remembered as one of the individuals who founded, ideologically and practically, cognitive behavior therapy and who pioneered multimodal or integrated therapy. Albert Ellis

A key aspect of behavior therapy is empirical evaluation of the treatment's effectiveness. Source: Internet

British psychologist Hans Eysenck presented behavior therapy as a constructive alternative. Source: Internet

During the 1950s, Albert Ellis originated rational emotive behavior therapy (REBT). Source: Internet

Her team pioneered the use of cognitive behavior therapy for stress-induced infertility. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

behavior pattern behavior reflex behavior therapist behavior to behavior toward behavior towards