therapist

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therapist

  • /ˈθɛɹəpɪst/

noun therapists

  1. Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. Get the whole in-network provider list and then ask friends and family if they know any of the names, or check online ratings to see which therapists get high rankings. One note of warning: Friends may have their favorites, but experts say don’t assume their therapist is going to be a good fit for y
  2. A psychotherapist specifically. Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic […]. Until 2008 there was denial over what finance had become. […] But the scandals kept coming, and so we entered stage three – what therapists call "bargaining". A broad section of the political class

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Closest in meaning: healer, psychiatric, psych, psychologist, therapeutic, psychiatrist, treatment, psychoanalyst, physiotherapist, doctor, therapy, shrink, analyst, psycho, specialist, elder

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noun one who provides therapy

Españolterapeuta
한국어치료사 chiryosa, 세라피스트 serapiseuteu
日本語セラピスト serapisuto, 治療士 chiryōshi
中文治療師 /治疗师 zhìliáoshī
Portuguêsterapeuta
Françaisthérapeute
DeutschTherapeut, Therapeutin
Italianoterapeuta, terapista
Ελληνικάθεραπευτής therapeftís
Românăterapeut
Русскийтерапе́вт terapévt, врач vrač
Tiếng Việtngười trị liệu, nhà trị liệu

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@misc{therapist_2026,
  title = {therapist},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/therapist},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}