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Psychotherapy

noun

The branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods. Synonyms: mental hygiene, psychotherapeutics.

The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means.

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... mind of the average medical practitioner, is (or has been) something mysterious or occult. He uses much psychotherapy himself but it is nearly always applied unconsciously and indirectly through some form of physical or chemical therapy that he believes will cure. He is usually quite devoid of insight into the effect of his own expressed beliefs and bodily attitudes upon ...

— A Psychiatric Milestone - Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 • Various

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