psychotherapeutic
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- non-psychotherapeutic adjective
- psychotherapeutical adjective
- psychotherapeutically adverb
- psychotherapeutics noun
Example Sentences
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The most effective treatment method is exposure: By confronting the fear-inducing situations or stimuli under psychotherapeutic supervision, patients learn to overcome their fear.
From Science Daily • Jan. 10, 2024
He plays Paul, the senior member of a psychotherapeutic practice, an old-school boss with a sharp tongue and a well-hidden soft heart.
From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2023
We can intervene from many directions: legal, educational, law enforcement, psychotherapeutic, and social-environmental, reducing violence incrementally.
From Salon • Jul. 7, 2022
The gold standard for exposure and response prevention is psychotherapeutic modality for OCD, where clients are exposed to progressively more anxiety-provoking situations.
From Slate • Jun. 13, 2022
The psychotherapeutic methods in the narrower sense of the word are in the present state of our knowledge ineffective in the insane asylum.
From Psychotherapy by Münsterberg, Hugo
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