aversion therapy

British  

noun

1. psychiatry a method of suppressing an undesirable habit, such as excessive smoking, by causing the subject to associate an unpleasant effect, such as an electric shock or nausea, with the habit

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Example Sentences

Trauma-focused CBT and behavioral therapies such as aversion therapy and systematic desensitization are subsets under the umbrella of cognitive behavioral therapy.

From Los Angeles Times

"Five or six" sessions of aversion therapy at a hospital in Blackburn were arranged.

From BBC

When that didn’t cure Brinton of his same-sex longings, Sam says that the therapist attempted “physical aversion therapy,” burning or freezing the child’s hands when pictures of men touching other men were displayed.

From Salon

“My concerns are that we don’t really know how long these forms of aversion therapy will last among raven populations, which are very clever at responding to challenges,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

She writes of overcoming her own feelings with a self-crafted aversion therapy that involves looking at naked fat women online.

From Washington Post