'Psychotherapy' definitions:
Definition of 'psychotherapy'
From: WordNet
noun
The branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods [syn: psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene]
noun
The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
Definition of 'Psychotherapy'
From: GCIDE
- Psychotherapy \Psy`cho*ther"a*py\, n. [Psycho- + therapy.] (Med.) Psychotherapeutics. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Synonyms of 'psychotherapy'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- Arica movement,
- assertiveness training,
- behavior modification,
- behavior therapy,
- bioenergetics,
- biofeedback,
- confrontation therapy,
- conjoint therapy,
- consciousness raising,
- counseling,
- directive therapy,
- encounter therapy,
- Erhard Seminars Training,
- est,
- family training,
- feminist therapy,
- gestalt therapy,
- group psychotherapy,
- group relations training,
- group sensitivity training,
- group therapy,
- healing arts,
- humanistic therapy,
- hypnoanalysis,
- hypnosis,
- hypnotherapy,
- hypnotism,
- marathon,
- marriage encounter,
- medical care,
- medical treatment,
- medication,
- medicines,
- mind cure,
- narcoanalysis,
- narcohypnosis,
- narcosynthesis,
- narcotherapy,
- New Consciousness,
- nondirective therapy,
- occupational therapy,
- pastoral counseling,
- Pentothal interview,
- play therapy,
- primal therapy,
- prolonged narcosis,
- psychodrama,
- psychological counseling,
- psychosurgery,
- psychosynthesis,
- psychotherapeutics,
- radical therapy,
- rational-emotive therapy,
- reality therapy,
- recreational therapy,
- regression therapy,
- release therapy,
- SAT,
- scream therapy,
- sensitivity training,
- sensory awareness training,
- sleep treatment,
- supportive therapy,
- T-group,
- therapeusis,
- therapeutics,
- therapy,
- training group,
- transactional analysis,
- transcendental meditation,
- transpersonal therapy,
- treatment,
- vocational therapy