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mental healing

American

noun

the healing of a physical ailment or disorder by mental concentration or suggestion.

mental healing British

noun

the healing of a disorder by mental concentration or suggestion

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mental healer

noun

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

No specialist, but the organizer of specialists and prime U. S. exemplar of mental healing is Clifford Whittingham Beers, 54.

From Time Magazine Archive

Drug Therapeutics.—Many of the newer phases of mental healing pretend to do away with drugs.

From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

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