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psychotherapeutic

psychotherapeutic

1 8.7
Helping people heal from mental and emotional problems
  • adjective
  • /ˌsaɪkoʊθəˈrɛpjuːtɪk/
  • Specialized
: psicoterapéutico
  • The psychotherapeutic techniques used in therapy can greatly improve emotional well-being.
  • psychotherapeutic intervention
  • psychotherapeutic approach
  • psychotherapeutic medication

And again, highlighting why that combination of the drug itself with a psychotherapeutic intervention becomes crucial.

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Examples

  • Values are becoming more and more recognized as issues in psychotherapeutic discourse.

    Academic text (2002)
  • Designing effective psychotherapeutic interventions tailored to the needs of women at risk of postpartum depression is critical.

    Academic text (2007)
  • I think he has a very realistic idea of what, you know, psychotherapeutic treatment would, would look like.

  • Nevertheless, some care needs to be taken to ensure that psychotherapeutic services are adapted to the needs of poor clients.

    Academic text (1994)
  • There is a central role of the meaning-making function in various related psychotherapeutic approaches.

    Academic text (2010)
  • What additional benefits are to be realized by intentionally addressing patient values during a psychotherapeutic encounter?

    Academic text (2010)
  • NLP is rather like a huge treasure chest of psychotherapeutic tools.

    Academic text (2012)
  • High-scorers believe that emotional stress and troubles should be resolved with psychotherapeutic help.

    Academic text (2005)
  • We are optimistic, nonetheless, that this psychotherapeutic approach during pregnancy will bear fruit postpartum.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Dignity therapy is an individually tailored psychotherapeutic intervention designed to address the psychosocial and existential distress surrounding a terminal illness.

    Academic text (2010)

Synonyms

therapeutic
vspsychotherapeutic
86 5.2

Helping a person feel better physically or mentally

is tied to professional talk treatment and emotional healing rather than general care
cathartic
vspsychotherapeutic
24 7.4

Giving strong emotional relief after you express feelings

focuses on guided professional treatment and lasting emotional healing not just one release

How Therapeutic

psychotherapeutic
  • Specialized
1 8.7
healing
109 2.6
therapeutic
86 5.2
supportive
335 2.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

psychotherapeutic = therapeutic (semi-transparent) = psycho + therapy + ic

The word is regularly formed by adding psycho- to therapeutic, but the psycho- element is somewhat specialized and the full sense is technical.

Etymology

The word psychotherapeutic breaks into psycho- meaning 'mind' and therapeutic meaning 'healing' or 'treatment'. So, a psychotherapeutic activity is like 'mind-healing', the same idea as therapy or a therapist helping with emotional or mental problems.