psychotherapy

noun

1. (countable, uncountable)The treatment of people diagnosed with mental and emotional disorders using dialogue and a variety of psychological techniques.

   “In the future, he says, a focus on the hate circuit may open new avenues for treatment – including new drugs and psychotherapies – that target this and other specific circuits in the brain.”

   “Literally hundreds of studies have shown that on average psychotherapy works as well for these conditions as do medications.”