noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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sīkōthĕr'əpē
/ˌsaɪkoʊˈθɛɹəpi/
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1
noun
Meaning 1
The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: therapy
Narrower terms: behavior therapy, behavior modification, client-centered therapy, crisis intervention, group therapy, group psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, play therapy, psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology, self-analysis
3
noun
Meaning 3
the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological methods
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
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 English psychotherapy From psycho- + therapy.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
psikoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Armenian:
հոգեթերապիա
(hogetʻerapia)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Asturian:
sicoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Azerbaijani:
psixoterapiya
— treatment of those with mental illness
Belarusian:
псіхатэрапі́я
(psixaterapíja)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Bulgarian:
психотерапия
(psihoterapija)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Catalan:
psicoteràpia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Chinese Mandarin:
心理療法 /心理疗法
(xīnlǐ liáofǎ)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Chinese Mandarin:
心理治療 /心理治疗
(xīnlǐ zhìliáo)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Chinese Mandarin:
精神療法 /精神疗法
(jīngshén liáofǎ)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Chinese Mandarin:
精神治療 /精神治疗
(jīngshén zhìliáo)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Czech:
psychoterapie
— treatment of those with mental illness
Danish:
psykoterapi
— treatment of those with mental illness
Dutch:
psychotherapie
— treatment of those with mental illness
Estonian:
psühhoteraapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Finnish:
psykoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
French:
psychothérapie
— treatment of those with mental illness
Galician:
psicoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Georgian:
ფსიქოთერაპია
(psikoteraṗia)
— treatment of those with mental illness
German:
Psychotherapie
— treatment of those with mental illness
Greek:
ψυχοθεραπεία
(psychotherapeía)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Gujarati:
માનસોપચાર
(mānsopcār)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Hebrew:
טיפול נפשי
— treatment of those with mental illness
Hindi:
मनोचिकित्सा
(manocikitsā)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Hungarian:
pszichoterápia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Irish:
síciteiripe
— treatment of those with mental illness
Italian:
psicoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Latin:
psychotherapīa
— treatment of those with mental illness
Latvian:
psihoterapija
— treatment of those with mental illness
Macedonian:
психотерапија
(psihoterapija)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Polish:
psychoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Portuguese:
psicoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Russian:
психотерапи́я
(psixoterapíja)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Spanish:
psicoterapia
— treatment of those with mental illness
Swedish:
psykoterapi
— treatment of those with mental illness
Telugu:
మానసిక చికిత్స
(mānasika cikitsa)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Thai:
จิตบําบัด
(jìt-bam-bàt)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Turkish:
psikoterapi
— treatment of those with mental illness
Ukrainian:
психотерапі́я
(psyxoterapíja)
— treatment of those with mental illness
Vietnamese:
tâm lý trị liệu
— treatment of those with mental illness