Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun implosion_therapy

1 sense of implosion therapy

Sense 1
implosion therapy, flooding -- (a technique used in behavior therapy; client is flooded with experiences of a particular kind until becoming either averse to them or numbed to them)
       => behavior therapy, behavior modification -- (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)