psychotherapy
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1. the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means (noun.act)
| hypernym | : | therapy, |
| definition | : | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | behavior modification, behavior therapy, |
| definition | : | psychotherapy that seeks to extinguish or inhibit abnormal or maladaptive behavior by reinforcing desired behavior and extinguishing undesired behavior (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | client-centered therapy, |
| definition | : | a method of psychotherapy developed by Carl Rogers in which the client determines the focus and pace of each session (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | crisis intervention, |
| definition | : | psychotherapy that focuses on acute critical situations (depressive episodes or attempted suicides or drug overdoses) with the aim of restoring the person to the level of functioning before the crisis (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | group psychotherapy, group therapy, |
| definition | : | psychotherapy in which a small group of individuals meet with a therapist; interactions among the members are considered to be therapeutic (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | hypnotherapy, |
| definition | : | the use of hypnosis in psychotherapy (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | play therapy, |
| definition | : | form of psychotherapy for children that uses play situations for diagnosis or treatment (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | analysis, depth psychology, psychoanalysis, |
| definition | : | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | self-analysis, |
| definition | : | the application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality (noun.act) |
| domain member category | : | free-associate, |
| definition | : | associate freely (verb.cognition) |
2. the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods (noun.cognition)
| hyponym | : | clinical psychology, |
| definition | : | the branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | freudian psychology, |
| definition | : | the psychological theories of Sigmund Freud (noun.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | jungian psychology, |
| definition | : | the psychological theories of Carl Jung (noun.cognition) |
3. the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means (noun.act)
| derivation | : | psychotherapeutic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy (adj.pert) |
4. the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | psychotherapeutic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy (adj.pert) |
5. the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means (noun.act)
| derivation | : | psychotherapeutic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy (adj.pert) |
6. the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | psychotherapeutic, |
| definition | : | of or relating to or practicing psychotherapy (adj.pert) |
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