therapist

[ther-uh-pist]

noun

1. a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.

2. a person trained in the use of psychological methods for helping patients overcome psychological problems.

3. Also therapeutist a person, as a doctor, skilled in therapeutics. therapeutics.

ˈtherapist

/ ˈθɛrəpɪst /

noun

1. a person skilled in a particular type of therapy

   a physical therapist

Word History and Origins

Origin of therapist¹

First recorded in 1885–90; therap(y) + -ist

Example Sentences

World tennis No. 1 Jannik Sinner, meanwhile, recently received a three-month ban after blaming two positive tests for an anabolic steroid on a spray used by his physical therapist.

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Business has been decent and a group of local therapists even asked her to help them understand why their federal worker clients are showing up in such despair these days.

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Conservative therapists argue they have a First Amendment right to counsel as they wish.

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After he was flown to Los Angeles last year, Jones said he talked to a therapist for the first time in his life, which helped get at the root of his drug habit.

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Instead, doctors and physical therapists are turning to approaches that focus on controlled movement, gentle exercise to gradually return to full activity and allowing the body to move through its natural healing process.

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