talk therapy
nounDefinition of talk therapy
: psychotherapy emphasizing conversation between therapist and patient
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Modern psychiatry is hailed as a scientific success story, and drug companies have profited from the fact that talking therapies are often thought to take too long, their results frequently dismissed as unverifiable. — The New York Review of Books, "Jamieson Webster," 19 Nov. 2018 The technical stuff — treatment of mental illness, the rise of talk therapy, etc. — Mitch Stacy, chicagotribune.com, "Psychology museum explores what makes us human," 10 July 2018 Running, yoga, talk therapy, and writing all left me listless and frustrated. — Christine Yu, SELF, "Wading in a Cranberry Bog Was the Therapeutic Experience I Didn’t Know I Needed," 26 Oct. 2018 Retail therapy, sun therapy, cat therapy, talk therapy. — Claire Gillespie, Glamour, "Self-Care Only Worked for Me When I Got Sober," 22 Dec. 2018 The disorder is considered incurable and is typically treated with talk therapy and a drug regimen. — Meryl Gordon, Town & Country, "The Curious Life and Shocking Death of Huguette Clark," 21 May 2014 Dawn of a Dark Age In the 1960s, as mental health experts apparently grew frustrated with talk therapy’s limited ability to achieve deep and lasting change in gay patients, the world of conversion therapy took a drastic turn. — Chelsea Greenwood Lassman, Teen Vogue, "How Gay Conversion Therapy Came to Be, and How It Persists Today," 7 Aug. 2018 The technical stuff — treatment of mental illness, the rise of talk therapy, etc. — Mitch Stacy, chicagotribune.com, "Psychology museum explores what makes us human," 10 July 2018 The technical stuff — treatment of mental illness, the rise of talk therapy, etc. — Mitch Stacy, chicagotribune.com, "Psychology museum explores what makes us human," 10 July 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'talk therapy.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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talk therapy
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Medical Definition of talk therapy
: psychotherapy emphasizing conversation between therapist and patient