1.
[syn: psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics, mental hygiene]
2. the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Psychotherapy \Psy`cho*ther"a*py\, n. [Psycho- + therapy.]
(Med.)
Psychotherapeutics.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
psychotherapy
n 1: the branch of psychiatry concerned with psychological
methods [syn: psychotherapy, psychotherapeutics,
mental hygiene]
2: the treatment of mental or emotional problems by
psychological means