behaviour therapy

British  

noun

1. any of various means of treating psychological disorders, such as desensitization, aversion therapy, and instrumental conditioning, that depend on the patient systematically learning new modes of behaviour

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Example Sentences

Building on such insights, Ellis went on to pioneer rational emotive behaviour therapy, which, among many things, encourages people to stop self-defeating avoidance behaviours.

From The Guardian • Sep. 18, 2015

For academic achievement, only the group receiving medication and behaviour therapy combined outperformed the group receiving regular care.

From Nature • Feb. 12, 2014

But disadvantaged children benefited when they received both medication and behaviour therapy.

From Nature • Feb. 12, 2014

Only this week, it emerged that a four-year-old girl is having compulsive behaviour therapy after becoming increasingly "distressed and inconsolable" when the iPad was taken away.

From The Guardian • Apr. 27, 2013

Today anger management is based on cognitive behaviour therapy, says Isabel Clarke, who for 12 years ran anger management courses for the UK's National Health Service in Southampton.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2013