" therapy "

[Noun]  | "ther*a*py" | \ ˈther-ə-pē \

1: therapeutic medical treatment of impairment, injury, disease, or disorder

2: psychotherapy

Origin: 1838 ;

 New Latin therapia, from Greek therapeia, from therapeuein;

[Noun]  | "androgen deprivation therapy" 

1: therapy for prostate cancer that severely reduces the body's production of androgens and especially testosterone through the administration of drugs or through surgical removal of the testicles

Origin: 1956 ;

[Noun]  | "art therapy" 

1: therapy based on engagement in artistic activities (such as painting or drawing) as a means of creative expression and symbolic communication especially in individuals affected with a mental or emotional disorder or cognitive impairment

Origin: 1928 ;

[Noun]  | "aversion therapy" 

1: therapy intended to suppress an undesirable habit or behavior (such as smoking) by associating the habit or behavior with a noxious or punishing stimulus (such as electric shock)

Origin: 1946 ;

[Noun]  | "behavior therapy" 

1: psychotherapy that is concerned with the treatment (as by desensitization or aversion therapy) of observable behaviors rather than underlying psychological processes and that applies principles of learning to substitute desirable responses and behavior patterns for undesirable ones (such as phobias or obsessions)

Origin: 1937 ;

[Noun]  | "chelation therapy" 

1: the use of a chelator (such as EDTA) to bind with a metal (such as lead or iron) in the body to form a chelate so that the metal loses its chemical effect (such as toxicity or physiological activity)

Origin: 1960 ;

[Noun]  | "cognitive behavioral therapy" 

1: psychotherapy that combines cognitive therapy with behavior therapy by identifying faulty or maladaptive patterns of thinking, emotional response, or behavior and substituting them with desirable patterns of thinking, emotional response, or behavior —abbreviation CBT

Origin: 1975 ;

[Noun]  | "cognitive therapy" 

1: psychotherapy that emphasizes the substitution of desirable patterns of thinking for maladaptive or faulty ones; especially : cognitive behavioral therapy —abbreviation CT

Origin: 1970 ;

[Noun]  | "conversion therapy" 

1: the use of any of various methods (such as aversive stimulation or religious counseling) in an attempt to change a person's sexual orientation to heterosexual or to change a person's gender identity to correspond to the sex the person was identified as having at birth —called also reparative therapy

Origin: 1973 ;

[Noun]  | "craniosacral therapy" 

1: a system of gentle touch designed to enhance the functioning of the membranes, tissues, fluids, and bones surrounding or associated with the brain and spinal cord

Origin: 1986 ;

[Noun]  | "therapy" 

[Noun]  | "physical therapy"