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What is behavior therapy exactly ? and when do you need it ?
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One type of therapy: Behavior therapy is one type of psychological treatment. Behavioral modification techniques reinforce behaviors you want to promote ; ignore or apply negative consequences for behaviors you wish to change. These techniques do not consider the cause of the symptoms to be important in order to change the behavior. It can be used for a wide variety of psychological issues.
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