Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods in treating people who are mentally ill, rather than using physical methods such as drugs or surgery.
For milder depressions, certain forms of psychotherapy do work well.
...monthly psychotherapy sessions.
psychotherapy in British English
(ˌsaɪkəʊˈθɛrəpɪ) or less commonly psychotherapeutics (ˌsaɪkəʊˌθɛrəˈpjuːtɪks)
noun
the treatment of mental illness by psychological methods
Derived forms
psychotherapeutic (ˌpsychoˌtheraˈpeutic)
adjective
psychotherapeutically (ˌpsychoˌtheraˈpeutically)
adverb
psychotherapist (ˌpsychoˈtherapist)
noun
psychotherapy in American English
(ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛrəpi)
noun
treatment of mental disorder by any of various means involving communication between a trained person and the patient and including counseling, psychoanalysis, etc.
Derived forms
psychotherapist (ˌpsychoˈtherapist)
noun
Word origin
psycho- + therapy
Examples of 'psychotherapy' in a sentence
psychotherapy
The outcome of psychotherapy 's never clearcut, whatever the behaviourists may tell you.
Moore, Margaret FORESTS OF THE NIGHT (2002)
Sometimes I think I might have been better suited to a career in psychotherapy.
Val McDermid KICK BACK (2002)
Gelede is a combination of grand opera, ballet, the circus, a tabloid newspaper, and a psychotherapy session.
Michael Gruber TROPIC OF NIGHT (2002)
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psychotherapy
British English: psychotherapy /ˌsaɪkəʊˈθɛrəpɪ/ NOUN
Psychotherapy is the use of psychological methods to treat people who are mentally ill.
For milder depressions, certain forms of psychotherapy work well.