behaviour therapy

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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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Words nearby behaviour therapy

behaviour, behavioural contagion, behavioural science, behavioural sink, behaviourism, behaviour therapy, Behçet's syndrome, behead, beheld, behemoth, behenic

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Example sentences from the Web for behaviour therapy

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

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