Definition of "therapy" []

• Treatment of illness or disability. (noun)
• Psychotherapy. (noun)
• Healing power or quality: the therapy of fresh air and sun. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Because the term therapy is usually used in medicine when there is a disease or condition that requires therapy and the menopause transition is a normal physiological process, this chapter will use the more neutral term “hormone treatment” instead of “hormone therapy.”"
• "I think clowns were invented by therapists to secure their livelyhood. the tormenting of people young and old to ensure that we end up in therapy is an atrocity that goes unnoticed everyday in this country!"
• "One of the easiest ways to help overcome your fear or inability to talk in therapy is to write down some things that are important to you to talk about before session."