psychotherapist
pronunciation
How to pronounce psychotherapist in British English:
UK [ˌsaɪkəʊ'θerəpɪst]
How to pronounce psychotherapist in American English:
US [ˌsaɪkoʊ'θerəpɪst]
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- Noun:
- a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
Word Origin
- psychotherapist (n.)
- 1894, from psychotherapy + -ist.
Example
- 1. A psychotherapist 's main job is to act as a guide in your recovery and healing process .
- 2. In 1996 , heidemarie , a former schoolteacher and psychotherapist , decided to try to live without money for a year as an experiment .
- 3. But experts like binnie klein , a connecticut-based psychotherapist and lecturer in yale 's department of psychiatry , agree that alternative relationships are on the rise .
- 4. Kahr has spent years amassing this material , using face-to-face interviews and an anonymous questionnaire , as well as drawing on his clinical experience as a psychotherapist .
- 5. Sometimes , the causes of performance problems go deeper , and therapy is needed to heal past traumas , says david grand , a new york psychotherapist and performance coach .