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The larger HDFS field has made a shift from viewing adolescent sex as problematic to acknowledging that sexual thoughts and behaviors are a normal part of adolescence.


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Cognitive-behaviorist

A practitioner of cognitive-behavioral therapy, a form of psychotherapy that focuses on modifying dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts by interrogating and uprooting negative or irrational beliefs.

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Modeling

In psychology, a therapeutic technique that involves learning through the observation of others’ behaviors and the outcomes of those behaviors.

Systematic Desensitization

An exposure therapy that uses relaxation training and a fear hierarchy to help clients with phobias react calmly to the objects or situations they dread.

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