desensitization procedure

Questions about desensitization procedure

What does desensitization procedure mean?

desensitization procedure means "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 extinguished".

What is another word for desensitization procedure?

Close synonyms include desensitization technique, desensitisation technique, desensitisation procedure, systematic desensitization, systematic desensitisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is desensitization procedure a common word?

desensitization procedure is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.