psychotherapy
the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
Origin of psychotherapy
1Other words from psychotherapy
- psy·cho·ther·a·pist, noun
Words that may be confused with psychotherapy
- 1. psychiatrist, psychologist, psychoanalyst, psychotherapist
- 2. psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, psychotherapy
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
British Dictionary definitions for psychotherapy
less commonly psychotherapeutics (ˌsaɪkəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks)
/ (ˌsaɪkəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) /
the treatment of nervous disorders by psychological methods
Derived forms of psychotherapy
- psychotherapeutic, adjective
- psychotherapeutically, adverb
- psychotherapist, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for psychotherapy
The use of the techniques of psychology or psychiatry or both to treat mental and emotional disorders. The term includes psychoanalysis, as well as other forms of psychological therapy.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Browse