therapy
noun
the treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitating, or curative process.
self-therapy
-
a word derived from
therapy.
Example Sentences
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“I think this is true of a lot of authors and artists — we’re trying to do self-therapy when we’re working on these different projects. That was certainly true of me and ‘American Born Chinese.’“
From Los Angeles Times ● May 24, 2023
Gavin said music became a form of self-therapy and he started playing more, with it eventually becoming his job.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2022
Acting, he allows, was an outlet for his angst, even a form of self-therapy, if only up to a point.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 7, 2016
I appreciate your column immensely and I have drafted many letters to you over the years which I have never sent — as a sort of self-therapy to verbalize my frustrations.
From Salon ● May 20, 2013
She had no money for counseling, and the government social worker didn’t help, so Showgirls!, as ridiculous as it is, has become the culmination of years of self-therapy.
From Slate ● May 13, 2013
