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systematic desensitization
systematic desensitization n (Psychology) psychol a treatment of phobias in which the patient while relaxed is exposed, often only in imagination, to progressively more frightening aspects of the phobia Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | systematic desensitization - a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxiety; client is exposed to the threatening situation under relaxed conditions until the anxiety reaction is extinguisheddesensitisation procedure, desensitisation technique, desensitization procedure, desensitization technique, systematic desensitisationbehavior modification, behavior therapy - psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behaviorexposure therapy - a form of behavior therapy in which a survivor confronts feelings or phobias or anxieties about a traumatic event and relives it in the therapy situation |
systematic desensitization
systematic desensitization[‚sis·tə¦mad·ik dē‚sen·sə·tə′zā·shən] (psychology) A behavior therapy technique that is used to modify phobic behaviors by constructing a hierarchy of anxiety-producing stimuli and gradually presenting them to the individual until they no longer produce anxiety. systematic desensitization see BEHAVIOUR MODIFICATION.systematic desensitization
sys·te·mat·ic de·sen·si·tiz·a·tiona type of behavior therapy for eliminating phobias or anxieties: the patient and therapist construct a list of imagined scenes eliciting the phobia, ranked from least to most anxiety producing; the patient is then trained in deep muscle relaxation and repeatedly asked to imagine himself or herself in the presence of the least anxiety-producing scene on the list until the patient feels fully relaxed while doing so; the procedure is repeated for each scene on the list until the patient develops the capacity to feel relaxed with any of the anxiety-producing scenes; real life scenes are then substituted for the imagined scenes. Synonym(s): reciprocal inhibition (2) systematic desensitization Desensitization, exposure therapy Psychology A type of behavioral intervention for managing anxiety, phobic disorders and anticipatory side effects–eg, nausea associated with chemotherapy. See Anticipatory side effects, Aversion therapy, Behavioral therapy, Encounter group therapy, Flooding, Imaging aversion therapy, Relaxing imagery. Cf Attentional distraction, Reciprocal inhibition, Relaxation training. sys·te·mat·ic de·sen·si·ti·za·tion (sistĕ-matik dē-sensi-tī-zāshŭn) Behavior therapy for eliminating phobias or anxieties. systematic desensitization
Related to systematic desensitization: aversion therapySynonyms for systematic desensitizationnoun a technique used in behavior therapy to treat phobias and other behavior problems involving anxietySynonyms- desensitisation procedure
- desensitisation technique
- desensitization procedure
- desensitization technique
- systematic desensitisation
Related Words- behavior modification
- behavior therapy
- exposure therapy
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