Psychotherapy (redirected from psychotherapies)

psychotherapy /psy·cho·ther·a·py/ (-ther´ah-pe) treatment of mental disorders and behavioral disturbances using verbal and nonverbal communication, as opposed to agents such as drugs or electric shock, to alter maladaptive patterns of coping, relieve emotional disturbance, and encourage personality growth.

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psychoanalytic psychotherapy  psychoanalysis (3).

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psy·cho·ther·a·py (sk-thr-p)

n.

The treatment of mental and emotional disorders through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems, with the goal being personality growth and behavior modification. Also called psychotherapeutics.

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psycho·thera·peutic (-pytk) adj.

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Psychotherapy

The treatment of mental disorders by psychological methods, usually by a psychiatrist or psychologist.

Mentioned in: Paruresis

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psychotherapy,

n a family of related treatments for emotional and mental disorders that use psychologic, rather than biologic or pharmacologic methods. Mosby's Medical, Nursing & Allied Health Dictionary, 1430.

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psychotherapy,

n any of a large number of related methods of treating mental or emotional disorders by psychologic techniques rather than by physical means.