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Psychotherapy

//ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques. countable, uncountable

    "In the future, he says, a focus on the hate circuit may open new avenues for treatment – including new drugs and psychotherapies – that target this and other specific circuits in the brain."

  2. 2
    the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means wordnet
  3. 3
    the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods wordnet

Etymology

From psycho- + therapy.

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