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Examples of talk therapy in a Sentence
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Siegel, who has researched ketamine since 2003, said the drug is especially useful as an emergency intervention, abating suicidal thoughts for long enough to give traditional treatments, like talk therapy and SSRI antidepressants, time to take effect.
—Dawn Megli | Kff Health News, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
That’s the finding of a study from the U.K. that looked at data from almost 130,000 people who visited websites that help provide access to 28 different counseling and talk therapy services for England’s National Health Service.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 6 Feb. 2024
Much better than medications so far is a kind of talk therapy called cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia or CBT-I, Martin said.
—Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2024
Brooklyn said Hims' program for mental health care includes psychiatry and talk therapy.
—CBS News, 26 Dec. 2023
Patric Gagne’s Sociopath tells how the writer (who herself has been diagnosed as a sociopath) learned to stop treating her inability to identify her feelings by committing petty crimes, and to start trying talk therapy and building strong relationships instead.
—Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
Treatment can include talk therapy, medications, and other interventions such as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and exposure therapy.
—Lauren Krouse, Verywell Health, 11 Nov. 2023
The goal of this talk therapy is to help patients unlearn negative behaviors and thoughts and adopt healthier ones.
—Nafeesah Allen, Parents, 8 Jan. 2024
In conjunction with taking the drug, subjects engaged in psychotherapy — also known as talk therapy — along with other supportive services.
—David Ovalle, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1979, in the meaning defined above
Dictionary Entries Near talk therapy
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“Talk therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20therapy. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
Medical Definition
talk therapy
noun
: psychotherapy emphasizing conversation between therapist and patient
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