psychotherapeutic
psychotherapeutic — adjective
- psychotherapeuticpositive
- more psychotherapeuticcomparative
- most psychotherapeuticsuperlative
1. relating to a method of treating mental health conditions through conversations
relating to a method of treating mental health conditions through conversations with a trained professional, rather than using medicine or surgery
After losing his job, Lin attended weekly psychotherapeutic sessions at the clinic.
collocation: psychotherapeutic sessions
Mei found that the psychotherapeutic approach helped her understand the cause of her anxiety.
Many hospitals now offer psychotherapeutic treatment alongside traditional medicine.
The clinic provides psychotherapeutic care for children who have experienced trauma.
Ravindra’s doctor recommended a psychotherapeutic programme for his sleep problems.
- therapeutic
broader term covering any healing treatment, not limited to talk-based methods
- psychiatric
relates to medical doctors (psychiatrists) who can also prescribe drugs; psychotherapeutic is narrower, about talk therapy only
- counselling
used as a noun more often than as an adjective; counselling is a type of psychotherapeutic practice
- pharmacological
relating to drug-based treatment, which is the opposite approach to psychotherapeutic methods
文法句型
psychotherapeutic + noun
用法筆記
Typically used before nouns such as treatment, approach, session, programme, or technique. The shorter noun form psychotherapy is far more common in everyday spoken English.
常見錯誤
❗️ 'The doctor gave her psychotherapeutic drugs.' ✅ 'The doctor recommended psychotherapeutic sessions to help her talk through her problems.' — psychotherapeutic refers to conversation-based treatment, not medication, so it does not combine with drugs or medicine.