talk therapy

noun

: psychotherapy emphasizing conversation between therapist and patient

Examples of talk therapy in a Sentence

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While medications and talk therapy are effective for many people, symptom relief can be elusive, says Samuel Wilkinson, MD, an associate professor of psychiatry at Yale Medicine in New Haven, Connecticut. Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 15 Dec. 2025 More and more people are in individual talk therapy, learning a new vocabulary to apply to their lives. Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025 Some of these strategies had psychological support, like talk therapy; some didn’t. Korin Miller, SELF, 12 Dec. 2025 From 24/7 crisis hotlines, talk therapy, or connecting with other specific resources, NAMI provides these to everyone across the county for free. Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for talk therapy

Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of talk therapy was in 1927

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“Talk therapy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/talk%20therapy. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.

Medical Definition

talk therapy

noun
: psychotherapy emphasizing conversation between therapist and patient
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