word | psychotherapist |
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definition | One who treats mental or emotional disorder or related bodily ills by psychological means. |
eg_sentence | He's getting medication from a psychiatrist, but it's his sessions with the psychotherapist that he really values. |
explanation | Many psychologists offer psychological counseling, and psychological counseling can usually be called psychotherapy, so many psychologists can be called psychotherapists. The most intense form of psychotherapy, called psychoanalysis, usually requires several visits a week. A competing type of therapy known as behavior therapy focuses on changing a person's behavior (often some individual habit such as stuttering, tics, or phobias) without looking very deeply into his or her mental state |
IPA | ˌsaɪkəˈθɛrəpɪst |
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