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Definition: Psychotherapy |
PsychotherapyNoun1. The branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods. 2. The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "psychotherapy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Note: Psychotherapy \Psy`cho*ther"a*py\, noun. [Psycho- therapy.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Health | A generic term for the treatment of mental illness or emotional disturbances primarily by verbal or nonverbal communication. (references) |
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References
An introduction to Psychodynamic schools
An introduction to Humanistic schoolsExternal links
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Synonyms: PsychotherapySynonyms: mental hygiene (n), psychotherapeutics (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Psychotherapy |
| English words defined with "psychotherapy": assertiveness training ♦ behavior modification, behavior therapy ♦ client-centered therapy, crisis intervention ♦ free-associate ♦ group therapy ♦ hypnotherapy ♦ nortriptyline ♦ Pamelor, play therapy, psychotherapeutic ♦ roleplaying. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "psychotherapy": Bibliotherapy ♦ Cognitive behavior therapy, Cognitive Therapy, COUNSELOR, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY ♦ DOCTOR, NATUROPATHIC ♦ Gestalt Therapy ♦ Marital Therapy ♦ Psychodrama, Psychotherapy, Brief, Psychotherapy, Multiple. (references) |
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Health | Treatments include psychotherapy, drug therapy, vacuum devices, and surgery. (references) | |
Antidepressant medication and psychotherapy are effective treatments for childhood depression and related headache. (references) | ||
The study included CAM therapies such as special diets, psychotherapy, spiritual practices, and vitamin supplements. (references) | ||
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| "Psychotherapy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Psychotherapy" is used about 111 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 111 | 30,796 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "psychotherapy": Body oriented emotional release psychotherapy ♦ Combine Spirituality and Psychotherapy ♦ Holistic psychotherapy ♦ Shamanic psychotherapy ♦ Spiritual psychotherapy. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "psychotherapy": analysis-cum-psychotherapy. | |
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "psychotherapy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | معالجة الإضطرابات العقلية. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 精神疗法. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | psychoterapie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | psykoterapi (mental healing, psychotherapeutics), kuldebehandling. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | psychrotherapie, psychotherapie (mental healing, psychotherapeutics), psychoterapie (mental healing, psychotherapeutics), koudetherapie, frigotherapie, cryotherapie (cryotherapy, cryotreatment). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | تداوی روحی , درمان روانی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | psykoterapia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | psychothérapie (psychotherapeutics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Psychotherapie (mental healing, psychotherapeutics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ψυχοθεραπεία. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פסיכותרפי", רפואת " פש. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pszichoterápia. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | psicoterapia (mental healing, psychotherapeutics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 精神療法 , サイクロイド歯車 (cyclocytidine, cycloidal gear teeth, cyclometer, cyclon, cyclosporine, cyclotron, psychedelic, psycho, psychoanalysis, psychodrama, psychogalvanometer, psychokinesis, psychological, psychology, psychosomatics, psychotherapist, Saigon), 心理療法 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"りりょうほう, せいし"りょうほう, サイコセラ"ー . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shicklaagey-slaneaghey. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ychotherapypsay psicoterapia. (various references) psihoterapie. (various references) психотерапия (psychotherapiy). (various references) psihoterapija. (various references) psicoterapia (psychotherapeutics). (various references) psikoterapi, psikolojik tedavi. (various references) психотерапія (psychotherapeutics). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"Psychotherapy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Phytotherapie, psycholtherapy, psychothera, psycotherapy. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "psychotherapy" (pronounced sī'kōthe"rupē) |
| 7 | -ō th e" r u p ē | chemotherapy, hydrotherapy, immunotherapy. |
| 6 | -th e" r u p ē | therapy. |
| 4 | -r u p ē | entropy, philanthropy. |
| 3 | -u p ē | canopy, gossipy, laparoscopy, microscopy, recipe, spectroscopy. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-h-h-o-p-p-r-s-t-y-y" | |
-2 letters: chrysophyte, psychopathy. | |
-3 letters: psychopath, saprophyte. | |
-4 letters: copperahs, heptarchs, heptarchy, hypothecs, phosphate, spaceport. | |
-5 letters: chapters, charpoys, chayotes, choppers, copperah, copperas, hatchers, hatchery, heptarch, hypothec, patchers, phorates, poachers, postrace, prophase, prophecy, prophesy, prophets, prospect, scyphate, thearchy, thoraces, trappose, yachters. | |
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