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- DictionaryBehaviour therapy
noun
- 1. the treatment of neurotic symptoms by training the patient's reactions to stimuli.
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Clinical psychotherapy that uses techniques derived from behaviorism or cognitive psychology, aiming for treatment outcomes that are objectively measurable
Behaviour therapy or behavioural psychotherapy is a broad term referring to clinical psychotherapy that uses techniques derived from behaviourism and/or cognitive psychology. It looks at specific, learned behaviours and how the environment, or other people's mental states, influences those behaviours, and consists of techniques based on behaviorism's theory of learning: respondent or operant condi... Wikipedia