psychotherapist

/saɪkoʊˈθɛrəpɪst/
/saɪkəʊˈθɛrəpɪst/
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Other forms: psychotherapists

Definitions of psychotherapist
  1. noun
    a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders
    synonyms: clinical psychologist
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    types:
    Coue, Emile Coue
    French psychotherapist who claimed that if one imagined one was getting better, one would get better (1857-1926)
    type of:
    healer, therapist
    a person skilled in a particular type of therapy
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