psychotherapy
the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.
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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
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How to use psychotherapy in a sentence
In an economy battered by the pandemic, with so many people having lost jobs and income, psychotherapy might seem to some people like a luxury.
You May Be Surprised by the Type of American Who Is Postponing Basic Health Care During the Pandemic | Jeffrey Kluger | February 23, 2021 | TimeOutside that setting, however, it’s harder for patients to access bouldering psychotherapy.
Why Experts Are Exploring Climbing as a Form of Therapy | Ula Chrobak | October 6, 2020 | Outside OnlineMost sessions in psychotherapy are about an hour or an hour-and-a-half.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsI think that this is a very powerful way to foster psychotherapy for almost any condition in which life experience contributes to the symptoms.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | FreakonomicsSo, depression for many people, they respond beautifully to psychotherapy or an antidepressant, a standard what we call conventional antidepressant.
How Are Psychedelics and Other Party Drugs Changing Psychiatry? (Ep. 433) | Stephen J. Dubner | October 1, 2020 | Freakonomics
On set, my psychotherapy training greatly deepened the experience I had working with the writers, cast, and crew.
LSD, an illicit drug with a serious stigma, was once the darling of the psychotherapy world.
And, this was very rewarding because it was better than any form of psychotherapy.
But I have news for House Republicans that may help them more than years of psychotherapy or a crate of Paxil: You may still win.
I am not sure either has a real psychotherapy practice with clients who come to an office and pay for 50 minutes of talk therapy.
‘LA Shrinks’: A Television Writer Discovers His Shrink Is on a Bravo Reality Show | Mike Chessler | April 8, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTLater on two other physicians, Janet and Charcot, developed definite schools of "psychotherapy."
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton SinclairOr take the still more fascinating case of the young lady who is known in the literature of psychotherapy as Miss Beauchamp.
The Book of Life: Vol. I Mind and Body; Vol. II Love and Society | Upton Sinclairpsychotherapy is as old as the history of medicine and may be traced to the earliest ages.
Psychotherapy | James J. WalshThen there comes an emphatic expression of the value of psychotherapy.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walshpsychotherapy has always been an important element in most of the therapeutics of history.
Psychotherapy | James J. Walsh
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
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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.
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