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behavioral therapy

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behavioral therapy  
n.  See behavior therapy.
behavior therapy  
n.  A form of psychotherapy that uses basic learning techniques to modify maladaptive behavior patterns by substituting new responses to given stimuli for undesirable ones. Also called behavioral therapy, behavior modification.
behavior therapist n.
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