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Noun: psychotherapy  `sI-kow'the-ru-pee
  1. The branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
    - psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene
     
  2. The treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

Derived forms: psychotherapies

See also: psychotherapeutic, psychotherapist

Type of: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology, therapy

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