Aversion therapy

• what is aversion therapy?

  A form of therapy that aims to reduce or eliminate unwanted behaviors by associating them with unpleasant stimuli.
• how does aversion therapy work?

  patient exposed to stimulus while simultaneously being subjected to form of discomfort = cause patient to associate stimulus with unpleasant sensation
• how is aversion therapy effective?

  patient learnt a maladaptive response to stimulus and they need to relearn their responses to they no longer associate pleasure with it