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behaviour therapyIn psychology, the application of behavioural principles, derived from learning theories, to the treatment of clinical conditions such as phobias, obsessions, and sexual and interpersonal problems. The symptoms of these disorders are regarded as learned patterns of behaviour that therapy can enable the patient to unlearn. For example, in treating a phobia, the patient is taken gradually into the feared situation in about 20 sessions until the fear noticeably reduces.
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