Meanings
plural psychotherapies
- countableuncountableThe treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.
Literally hundreds of studies have shown that on average psychotherapy works as well for these conditions as do medications.
2014 January 24, Dr. Charles Raison, “Here’s what to do about your anxiety”, in CNN1 more example
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.
2011 October 4, Amanda MacMillan, “Depressed brains may hate differently”, in CNN
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
- Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
- Englishpsycho-
- Proto-Indo-European*treb-der.?
- Ancient Greekθερᾰ́πων (therắpōn)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεύω (therapeúō)
- Ancient Greekθεραπεία (therapeía)
- New Latintherapīa
- Englishtherapy
- Englishpsychotherapy
Translations
Bulgarian психотерапия
- психотерапия (psihoterapija)treatment of those with mental illness
Catalan psicoteràpia
- psicoteràpiatreatment of those with mental illness
Chinese Mandarin 心理療法 /心理疗法, 心理治療 /心理治疗
- 心理療法 /心理疗法 (xīnlǐ liáofǎ)treatment of those with mental illness
- 心理治療 /心理治疗 (xīnlǐ zhìliáo)treatment of those with mental illness
- 精神療法 /精神疗法 (jīngshén liáofǎ)treatment of those with mental illness
- 精神治療 /精神治疗 (jīngshén zhìliáo)treatment of those with mental illness
Czech psychoterapie
- psychoterapietreatment of those with mental illness
Danish psykoterapi
- psykoterapitreatment of those with mental illness
Dutch psychotherapie
- psychotherapietreatment of those with mental illness
Estonian psühhoteraapia
- psühhoteraapiatreatment of those with mental illness
Finnish psykoterapia
- psykoterapiatreatment of those with mental illness
French psychothérapie
- psychothérapietreatment of those with mental illness
German Psychotherapie
- Psychotherapietreatment of those with mental illness
Greek ψυχοθεραπεία
- ψυχοθεραπεία (psychotherapeía)treatment of those with mental illness
Hebrew טיפול נפשי
- טיפול נפשיtreatment of those with mental illness
Hindi मनोचिकित्सा
- मनोचिकित्सा (manocikitsā)treatment of those with mental illness
Hungarian pszichoterápia
- pszichoterápiatreatment of those with mental illness
Irish síciteiripe
- síciteiripetreatment of those with mental illness
Italian psicoterapia
- psicoterapiatreatment of those with mental illness
Latin psychotherapīa
- psychotherapīatreatment of those with mental illness
Latvian psihoterapija
- psihoterapijatreatment of those with mental illness
Polish psychoterapia
- psychoterapiatreatment of those with mental illness
Portuguese psicoterapia
- psicoterapiatreatment of those with mental illness
Russian психотерапи́я
- психотерапи́я (psixoterapíja)treatment of those with mental illness
Spanish psicoterapia
- psicoterapiatreatment of those with mental illness
Swedish psykoterapi
- psykoterapitreatment of those with mental illness
Tagalog sikoterapya
- sikoterapyatreatment of those with mental illness
Thai จิตบำบัด
- จิตบำบัด (jìt-bam-bàt)treatment of those with mental illness
Turkish psikoterapi
- psikoterapitreatment of those with mental illness
Ukrainian психотерапі́я
- психотерапі́я (psyxoterapíja)treatment of those with mental illness
Vietnamese tâm lý trị liệu
- tâm lý trị liệutreatment of those with mental illness
Cite this entry
psychotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapy
“psychotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapy. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “psychotherapy,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/psychotherapy.
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