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English noun: psychotherapy

1. psychotherapy (cognition) the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods


Synonymsmental hygiene, psychotherapeutics


Broader (hypernym)psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology


Narrower (hyponym)clinical psychology, Freudian psychology, Jungian psychology

2. psychotherapy (act) the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means


Broader (hypernym)therapy


Narrower (hyponym)analysis, behavior modification, behavior therapy, client-centered therapy, crisis intervention, depth psychology, group psychotherapy, group therapy, hypnotherapy, play therapy, psychoanalysis, self-analysis


Domain category membersfree-associate









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