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psychotherapy

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Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der.
English psycho-
Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.?
Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
Pre-Greekder.?
Proto-Hellenic *-eús
Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús)
Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō)
Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō)
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂
Proto-Hellenic *-íā
Ancient Greek -ία (-ía)
Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor.
New Latin therapīabor.
English therapy
English psychotherapy

    From psycho- + therapy.

    Pronunciation

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    • enPR: sīkōthĕr'əpē, IPA(key): /ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi/
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    Noun

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    psychotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural psychotherapies)

    1. The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.
      • 2011 October 4, Amanda MacMillan, “Depressed brains may hate differently”, in CNN‎[1]:
        In the future, he says, a focus on the hate circuit may open new avenues for treatment – including new drugs and psychotherapies – that target this and other specific circuits in the brain.
      • 2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN‎[2]:
        Literally hundreds of studies have shown that on average psychotherapy works as well for these conditions as do medications.

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