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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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How to use behaviour therapy in a sentence

Though tissues are present and tears are not uncommon, the Dinner Parties are distinctly not grief counseling or group therapy.
Everyone at This Dinner Party Has Lost Someone|Samantha Levine|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
I return home after several days in the hospital and start thrice weekly physical therapy.
You’re Never ‘Cured’ of an Eating Disorder|Carrie Arnold|December 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The campaign included a push for the World Health Organization to condemn gay-conversion therapy.
China’s Electroshock Gay-Conversion Case|Nina Strochlic|December 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Collaborating with him on a film was the best kind of therapy I could have asked for.
Blogger Shares and Shames Cancer in ‘Lily’|Amy Grantham|December 9, 2014|DAILY BEAST

And for those seeking a quick fix: Studies show that light therapy can spur a mood lift in just several days.
9 Ways to Cope With Seasonal Affective Disorder|DailyBurn|December 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Without preface, he abruptly asked, what had been told him of the Duke of Wharton's behaviour the preceding night.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4|Jane Porter
I need not inquire whether his dismal behaviour was natural or assumed.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2)|Charles Dickens
No one, apparently, took the slightest notice of his absurdly wild behaviour.
Three More John Silence Stories|Algernon Blackwood
What pleased me most was, that both the dress and behaviour of the military young ladies were highly becoming.
A Woman's Journey Round the World|Ida Pfeiffer
On all other points it becomes a fair war risk to presume upon their happy-go-lucky behaviour.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton