therapist
治疗师,治療師,疗养师,疗法
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- : a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
- : a person trained in the use of psychological methods for helping patients overcome psychological problems.
- : Also ther·a·peu·tist [ther-uh-pyoo-tist]. /ˌθɛr əˈpyu tɪst/. a person, as a doctor, skilled in therapeutics.
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“It’s really challenging to grieve living people,” said Nedra Tawwab, a therapist, content creator and author of “Set Boundaries, Find Peace.”
Whereas a therapist might question the usefulness of identifying oneself as permanently aligned with whatever struggle one is experiencing, engagement-driven platforms help frame conditions as points of identity, badges of honor.
It was not uncommon for her to be delivering food or taking someone to a doctor or a therapist.
On a rainy October night in Kentucky, a recently divorced therapist is on her way home when she spots a man standing precariously on the edge of a bridge.
I suspended judgment about the physical concern, spoke to my therapist, and investigated what lay beneath the fear, which was making a decision about sending my children back to in-person school in the context of accelerating risk.