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psychotherapy definition

psycho·thera·py (sī′kō t̸her′ə pē)

noun

treatment of mental disorder by any of various means involving communication between a trained person and the patient and including counseling, psychoanalysis, etc.

Etymology: psycho- + therapy

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Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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psychotherapy Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • counsel: Counseling, psychotherapy or living in a supported environment can help.

Preposition: in

  • NHS: Association for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy in the NHS ( APP ).

Adjective modifier

  • psychoanalytic: In some areas psychoanalytic psychotherapy is available within the NHS.

Modifies a noun

  • training: There is still an uneven spread to the provision of psychotherapy training.

Noun used with modifier

  • and/or: Then, something else has to be considered; and this might well be medication and/or psychotherapy.
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