Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun reciprocal-inhibition_therapy

1 sense of reciprocal-inhibition therapy

Sense 1
reciprocal inhibition, reciprocal-inhibition therapy -- (a method of behavior therapy based on the inhibition of one response by the occurrence of another response that is mutually incompatible with it; a relaxation response might be conditioned to a stimulus that previously evoked anxiety)
       => behavior therapy, behavior modification -- (psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior)