psychotherapist
He's been seeing a therapist to try to control his anger.
Therapists helped her regain the use of her fingers.

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Examples of therapist

therapist
Such systems can help patients in rehabilitation training so that fewer therapists are needed and training can be more enjoyable than traditional systems.
We do have trained counselors, but our volunteers are not therapists.
Music therapists and educators have extensive practical experience of children making such strides in their development and passing across such thresholds.
Although many males are therapists, the sector is female dominated.
Second, in familiarizing themselves with some of the newer approaches which are enabling therapists to be more effective especially with unresponsive patients.
This may reflect the encouragement provided by the problem-solving therapist to resume usual activities.
The therapist continues with the chordal accompaniment and singing.
Therapist adherence to the treatment guide was monitored through supervision.
The value of counselling by a skilled hearing therapist must be emphasized.
Secondly, countertransference (the effect that the older patient has on the younger therapist) is given considerable prominence.
The researcher and two professional speech therapists acted as the judges.
It would also be of interest to trainee clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, nurses, occupational therapists and social workers.
The clinical team in the day hospital included doctors, nurses and therapists.
My therapist is very good at listening and giving advice, she helped me get myself together.
Its focus is upon a process of active, shared sense-making between therapist and older client.
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