psychotherapist

From psycho- +‎ therapist or psychotherapy +‎ -ist.

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psychotherapist (plural psychotherapists)

1. Someone who practices psychotherapy.
   • 2016 June 1, Carina Storrs, “Therapists often discriminate against black and poor patients, study finds”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     “Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have, and I think they could become even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical], because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University. Kugelmass is the author of the study (PDF), which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.

   • 2020, Avni Doshi, Burnt Sugar, Hamish Hamilton, page 178:

     A psychotherapist I visited a few years ago [...] told me that my mother leaving my father, and my father letting us both go, has coloured my view of all relationships.

   • 2024 June 9, Andrea Kane, “Therapy is more than lying on a couch and talking. Here are 5 ways it can boost happiness”, in CNN‎^[2]:

     “People don’t come to therapy until they’re having the equivalent of an emotional heart attack,” psychotherapist Lori Gottlieb told CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta on his podcast Chasing Life recently.