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entity go
that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)

abstraction, abstract entity go
a general concept formed by extracting common features from specific examples

psychological feature go
a feature of the mental life of a living organism

event go
something that happens at a given place and time

act, deed, human action, human activity go
something that people do or cause to happen

activity go
any specific behavior

work go
activity directed toward making or doing something

care, attention, aid, tending go
the work of providing treatment for or attending to someone or something

treatment, intervention go
care provided to improve a situation (especially medical procedures or applications that are intended to relieve illness or injury)

medical care, medical aid go
professional treatment for illness or injury

therapy go
(medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.)

psychotherapy go
the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

behavior therapy, behavior modification
psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior

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6 Subcategories

assertiveness training go
a method of psychotherapy that reinforces you for stating negative and positive feelings directly
aversion therapy go
any technique of behavior modification that uses unpleasant stimuli in a controlled fashion to alter behavior in a therapeutic way
desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation go
a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety
implosion therapy, flooding go
a technique used in behavior therapy
reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy go
a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it
token economy go
a form of behavior therapy that has been used in some mental institutions