psychotherapy

C1 Topic:Health & Medicine
US /ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi/ UK /ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi/
noun Freq #33815

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

    He used to try hypnotic experiments on his friends and even dabbled in amateur psychotherapy.

Etymology

From psycho- + therapy.

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