noun
therapist
THEH-ruh-pihst
noun
1
A professional who provides treatment for physical, mental or emotional problems.
"She has been seeing a therapist to work through her anxiety."
"A physical therapist helped him recover after the injury."
How to Use Therapist
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSomeone trained to help treat mental, emotional, or physical problems.
Common pairings
see a therapist
physical therapist
speech therapist
Word Forms
therapists plural
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Etymology
From therapy plus the agent suffix -ist.