psychotherapeutics

[ sahy-koh-ther-uh-pyoo-tiks ]

/ ˌsaɪ koʊˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪks /

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noun (used with a singular verb)

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Origin of psychotherapeutics

First recorded in 1870–75; psycho- + therapeutics

OTHER WORDS FROM psychotherapeutics

psy·cho·ther·a·peu·tic, adjectivepsy·cho·ther·a·peu·ti·cal·ly, adverbpsy·cho·ther·a·peu·tist, noun

How to use psychotherapeutics in a sentence

At the same time, his mother should be urged to seek psychotherapeutic guidance through contact with a family agency.
Warren Commission (8 of 26): Hearings Vol. VIII (of 15)|The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
If this were all that it meant, however, prayer would not be a religious but a psychotherapeutic exercise.
Religion And Health|James J. Walsh
All that is permissible in suitable cases is to employ electricity "in psychotherapeutic doses."
Tics and Their Treatment|Henry Meigne
And psychotherapeutic effort will often demand such a training for work rather than a reduction of work and rest.
Psychotherapy|Hugo Mnsterberg

Up to a certain degree, though not often completely, they too yield easily to psychotherapeutic influence.
Psychotherapy|Hugo Mnsterberg