ˈtherapist
[f. Gr. θέραψ, θεραπ- attendant (see therapeutic a.), or f. therapy + -ist.]
One who practises in therapy, now esp. psychotherapy.
| 1886 Medical News (U.S.) XLIX. 510 The results..will be much more satisfactory to the therapist. 1917 G. B. Shaw in Eng. Rev. Dec. 490 A homœopath, or a bonesetter, or a serum therapist. 1937 Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. XXVIII. 109 He describes how the therapist..is able through unconscious observation to conjecture the nature of the patient's unconscious processes. 1978 Listener 5 Oct. 430/3, I would describe psychotherapy..as a treatment in which the doctor or therapist uses talking: first, to establish a relationship with the patient; secondly, to help him understand what is happening to him. |