psicoterapia

Definitions of psicoterapia
  1. noun
    the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
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    types:
    psicoanálisis, sicoanálisis
    a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
    autoanálisis
    the application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality
  2. noun
    the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
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    types:
    psicología clínica
    the branch of psychology concerned with the treatment of abnormal mentation and behavior
    type of:
    psiquiatría, siquiatría
    the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
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