counterphobia

is a kind of:

• mechanism » defense mechanism
• safety device » defense mechanism

This defense mechanism involves deliberate approach of the object of one's fear or phobia.

This term appears in...

• psychoanalysis
• psychodynamic psychotherapy

See also:

- Choose - counter phobia counter phobic counterphobic paradoxical intention phobia psychoanalysis psychodynamic psychotherapy

Movies

- Choose - Fearless Man on Wire Passengers