mental healing
Americannoun
noun
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- mental healer noun
Etymology
Origin of mental healing
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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Described as a family man and observant Jew, Rosenberg had launched a young adult center for mental healing at a hospital in Israel in memory of his late wife, Anna Rosenberg.
From Fox News
“I think we are dealing with an unprecedented level of emotional and mental healing that needs to happen as well.”
From Los Angeles Times
On the 10th day, the shingles rash seemed to move to the left side, an erroneous conclusion disproved when doctors at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Tomah discovered that it was Lyme disease, resulting from a deer tick bite - a downside to living in a rural wooded area for mental healing, he observed wryly.
From Washington Times
Peale’s brand of “practical Christianity” grew from a spiritual-therapeutic tradition in American life that dates back to the Transcendentalist atmosphere of mid-19th- century New England, which gave rise to movements in mental healing, Christian Science and what William James called “the religion of healthy mindedness.”
From Washington Post
The producer and record executive 9th Wonder added: “Been knowing the brother upwards of 13 years. Mental healing is a serious thing, no matter what. Stay strong Kanye West.”
From New York Times
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