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

Burgs tells me his silent retreats and meditation courses are a form of aversion therapy, whereby people can confront their fear of doing nothing until it eventually dissipates.

From The Guardian

It stated that the use of electrical aversion therapy was rare by that stage.

From BBC

A spokesperson for Queen's University Belfast said that, regrettably, aversion therapy was used in a number of situations in the past.

From BBC

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

From BBC