mental healing
Americannoun
noun
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Etymology
Origin of mental healing
First recorded in 1885–90
Example Sentences
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I had mental healing of my own to do, and I didn’t have the energy.
From Salon • May 4, 2024
“As I work on my own mental healing, I wanted to share my experience so that other heart parents know they are not alone.”
From Time • Aug. 8, 2016
"As I work on my own mental healing, I wanted to share my experience so that other heart parents know they are not alone."
From US News • Aug. 7, 2016
"People are seeking mental healing during this time of continuous bad news," says Nobutaka Inoue, a professor of religious studies at Tokyo's Kokugakuin University.
From Time Magazine Archive
The use of spells and incantations, the practice of laying-on of hands, the cult of relics, mesmerism, and metallo-therapy, have been important factors in the evolution of modern mental healing.
From Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery by Lawrence, Robert Means
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