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psychotherapist

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Someone who practices psychotherapy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a therapist who deals with mental and emotional disorders

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clinical psychologist

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: therapist, healer

Narrower terms: Coue, Emile Coue

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Ancient Greek ψῡχή (psūkhḗ) Ancient Greek ψῡχο- (psūkho-)der. English psycho- Proto-Indo-European *treb-der.? Ancient Greek θερᾰ́πων (therắpōn) Ancient Greek -εύς (-eús) Ancient Greek -εύω (-eúō) Ancient Greek θεραπεύω (therapeúō) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ία (-ía) Ancient Greek θεραπεία (therapeía)bor. New Latin therapīabor. English therapy Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English therapist ▲ English psycho- ▲ English therapy English psychotherapy ▲ English -ist English psychotherapist From psycho- + therapist, or from psychotherapy + -ist.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: психотерапевт (psihoterapevt) — who practices psychotherapy
  • Catalan: psicoterapeuta — who practices psychotherapy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 心理諮商師 /心理谘商师 — who practices psychotherapy
  • Czech: psychoterapeut — who practices psychotherapy
  • Danish: psykoterapeut — who practices psychotherapy
  • Dutch: psychotherapeut — who practices psychotherapy
  • Dutch: psychotherapeute — who practices psychotherapy
  • Finnish: psykoterapeutti — who practices psychotherapy
  • French: psychothérapeute — who practices psychotherapy
  • Georgian: ფსიქოთერაპევტი (psikoteraṗevṭi) — who practices psychotherapy
  • German: Psychotherapeut — who practices psychotherapy
  • German: Psychotherapeutin — who practices psychotherapy
  • Greek: ψυχοθεραπευτής (psychotherapeftís) — who practices psychotherapy
  • Hebrew: פסיכותרפיסט — who practices psychotherapy
  • Hungarian: pszichoterapeuta — who practices psychotherapy
  • Macedonian: психотерапевт (psihoterapevt) — who practices psychotherapy
  • Maltese: psikoterapista — who practices psychotherapy
  • Polish: psychoterapeuta — who practices psychotherapy
  • Polish: psychoterapeutka — who practices psychotherapy
  • Portuguese: psicoterapeuta — who practices psychotherapy
  • Romanian: psihoterapeut — who practices psychotherapy
  • Romanian: psihoterapeută — who practices psychotherapy
  • Russian: психотерапе́вт (psixoterapévt) — who practices psychotherapy
  • Spanish: psicoterapeuta — who practices psychotherapy
  • Turkish: psikoterapist — who practices psychotherapy
  • Ukrainian: психотерапе́вт (psyxoterapévt) — who practices psychotherapy