therapist
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Noun
therapist (plural therapists)
- Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally.
- A psychotherapist specifically.
- 2013 June 28, Joris Luyendijk, “Our banks are out of control”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 3, page 21:
- Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class now recognises the need for change but remains unable to see the necessity of a fundamental overhaul. Instead it offers fixes and patches.
Related terms
Derived terms
- algotherapist
- aromatherapist
- auriculotherapist
- balneotherapist
- bibliotherapist
- biotherapist
- brachytherapist
- chemotherapist
- chromotherapist
- climatotherapist
- cognitive behavioral therapist
- cognitive behavioural therapist
- cryotherapist
- cybertherapist
- ecotherapist
- electrotherapist
- gerontotherapist
- heliotherapist
- hydrotherapist
- hypnotherapist
- immunotherapist
- logotherapist
- magnetotherapist
- massage therapist
- massotherapist
- mechanotherapist
- mesotherapist
- multitherapist
- myotherapist
- neurotherapist
- occupational therapist
- paratherapist
- pedotherapist
- pharmacotherapist
- physical therapist
- physiotherapist
- phytotherapist
- pranotherapist
- prolotherapist
- psychotherapist
- radiotherapist
- roentgenotherapist
- sandplay therapist
- sclerotherapist
- sex therapist
- sociotherapist
- somatotherapist
- speech therapist
- teletherapist
- thalassotherapist
- urotherapist
- vegetotherapist
- zootherapist
Translations
one who provides therapy
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physician — see physician