| | '''Psychotherapy''' is the treatment of mental and emotional disorders through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems, with the goal being relief of symptoms, changes in behavior leading to improved social and vocational functioning, and personality. | | '''Psychotherapy''' is the treatment of mental and emotional disorders through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems, with the goal being relief of symptoms, changes in behavior leading to improved social and vocational functioning, and personality. |
| − | ''[[Psychotherapy]]'' is an [[English words of Greek origin|English word of Greek origin]], deriving from Ancient Greek ''psyche'' meaning "breath; spirit; soul" and ''therapia''("healing; medical treatment"). | + | ''[[Psychotherapy]]'' is an [[English words of Greek origin|English word of Greek origin]], deriving from Ancient Greek ''psyche'' meaning "breath; spirit; soul" and ''therapia'' ("healing; medical treatment"). |
| | According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ''psychotherapy'' first meant "[[hypnotherapy]]" instead of "psychotherapy". The original meaning, "the treatment of disease by ‘psychic’ [i.e., hypnotic] methods", was first recorded in 1853 as "Psychotherapeia, or the remedial influence of mind". The modern meaning, "the treatment of disorders of the mind or personality by psychological or psychophysiological methods", was first used in 1892 by [[Frederik van Eeden]] translating "Suggestive Psycho-therapy" for his French "Psychothérapie Suggestive". Van Eeden credited borrowing this term from [[Daniel Hack Tuke]] and noted, "Psycho-therapy … had the misfortune to be taken in tow by hypnotism."<ref>'''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', online edition, 2004, s.v. '''psychotherapy'''.</ref> | | According to the Oxford English Dictionary, ''psychotherapy'' first meant "[[hypnotherapy]]" instead of "psychotherapy". The original meaning, "the treatment of disease by ‘psychic’ [i.e., hypnotic] methods", was first recorded in 1853 as "Psychotherapeia, or the remedial influence of mind". The modern meaning, "the treatment of disorders of the mind or personality by psychological or psychophysiological methods", was first used in 1892 by [[Frederik van Eeden]] translating "Suggestive Psycho-therapy" for his French "Psychothérapie Suggestive". Van Eeden credited borrowing this term from [[Daniel Hack Tuke]] and noted, "Psycho-therapy … had the misfortune to be taken in tow by hypnotism."<ref>'''[[Oxford English Dictionary]]'', online edition, 2004, s.v. '''psychotherapy'''.</ref> |