Psychotherapist

Definitions

Someone who practices psychotherapy.

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Examples

““Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have⟳, and I think⟳ they could become⟳ even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical], because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University. Kugelmass is the author of the study⟳ (PDF), which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.”

“A psychotherapist I visited a few years ago [...] told me that my mother leaving my father, and my father letting us both go, has coloured my view⟳ of all relationships.”

““People don’t come⟳ to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently.”

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