Medical Dictionary
exposure therapy
noun
Medical Definition of EXPOSURE THERAPY
: psychotherapy that involves repeated real, visualized, or simulated exposure to or confrontation with a feared situation or object or a traumatic event or memory in order to achieve habituation and that is used especially in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety disorder, or phobias
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