Definition of Therapist

1. Noun. A person skilled in a particular type of therapy.


Definition of Therapist

1. Noun. Someone who provides therapy, usually professionally. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Therapist

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Therapist

1. One professionally trained and/or skilled in the practice of a particular type of therapy. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Therapist

therapeutic rehabilitation
therapeutic touch
therapeutic vaccine
therapeutic vaccines
therapeutic window
therapeutical
therapeutically
therapeutick
therapeutics
therapeutist
therapeutists
therapia
therapia magna sterilisans
therapied
therapies
therapist (current term)
therapists
therapize
therapized
therapizes
therapizing
therapod
therapods
therapsid
therapsids
therapy
therapying
therapylike
theratoma
theratomas

Literary usage of Therapist

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Improving Compliance With Alcoholism Treatment edited by Kathleen Carroll (2000)
"Linkage of Client and therapist Compliance Manual Content pie, empathy and warmth may ... therapist adherence and client compliance are inextricably linked. ..."

2. Treatment Services for Adolescent Substance Abusers by Alfred S. Friedman (1998)
"They were greeted, there was some general conversation as the therapist got acquainted ... The therapist observed and experienced the family's patterns of ..."

3. Cognitive-Behavioral Coping Skills Therapy Manual: A Clinical Research Guide edited by Ronald Kadden (1994)
"... B: therapist Selection, Training, and Supervision in Project MATCH Specifications of treatment in manuals is intended to define and differentiate ..."

4. Empowering Families, Helping Adolescents: Family-Centered Treatment of edited by Wendy Snyder (1996)
"While the therapist conveys the expectation that therapy can be helpful, the therapist should also make it clear that he or she "needs all the help he or ..."

5. Overview of Addiction Treatment Effectiveness by Mim J. Landry (1996)
"therapist Characteristics Addiction treatment research studies designed to ... Research has documented the importance of therapist characteristics in ..."

6. Drug Abuse Prevention for At-Risk Groupsby Karol L. Kumpfer by Karol L. Kumpfer (1997)
"The therapist also uses the child's behavior during the first treatment session as a means of ... (therapist then returns to parent and begins presentation. ..."

7. Handbook of Severe Disability: A Text for Rehabilitation Counselors, Other edited by Walter C. Stolov, Michael R. Clowers (2000)
"The occupational therapist can provide adaptive devices to assist where hand ... A physical therapist may be required to assist with the development of ..."

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