aversion therapy
Example Sentences
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About 15 years ago, Australian scientists designed a kind of aversion therapy.
From Science Magazine
A man subjected to electric shock aversion therapy in the 1970s to stop him being gay has welcomed plans to ban conversion therapy.
From BBC
Trauma-focused CBT and behavioral therapies such as aversion therapy and systematic desensitization are subsets under the umbrella of cognitive behavioral therapy.
From Los Angeles Times
Burgs tells me his silent retreats and meditation courses are a form of aversion therapy, whereby people can confront their fear of doing nothing until it eventually dissipates.
From The Guardian
It stated that the use of electrical aversion therapy was rare by that stage.
From BBC
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