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心理療法 (shinriryouhou) Japanese meaning: psychotherapy | Kotomora

心しん理り療りょう法ほう

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Meanings

1

General term for psychological treatment methods, including counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, and psychoanalysis.

彼かの女じょはうつ病びょうの治ち療りょうのために心しん理り療りょう法ほう

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受う

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いる

。

She is receiving psychotherapy for depression.

心しん理り療りょう法ほうには様さま々ざまなアプローチがある。

There are various approaches to psychotherapy.

Kanji

心heart, mind, spirit
理logic, arrangement, reason
療heal, cure
法method, law, rule

Related words

カウンセリングN3
心理療法 refers to formal psychotherapy as medical treatment, whereas カウンセリング is often more supportive guidance without a clinical diagnosis.

Word family

心しん理り療りょう法ほう家か
psychotherapist

Built from

心しん理り+療りょう法ほう

Etymology

Compound of 心理 (psychology) and 療法 (therapy).