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A psychotherapist is the person whose work is psychotherapy: treating mental pain — depression, anxiety, trauma — by talking and thinking together, not mainly by giving drugs. You sit with them, often every week; they listen, ask, and help you see patterns.
A psychotherapistpsychotherapist（心理治療師） is the person whose work is psychotherapy是從事心理治療工作的人 treating mental pain — depression, anxiety, trauma治療心理上的痛苦，像是憂鬱、焦慮、創傷 by talking and thinking together靠的是談話跟一起思考 not mainly by giving drugs而不是主要靠開藥 You sit with them你會跟他們坐下來談 often every week通常每星期一次 they listen, ask, and help you see patterns他們會聆聽、發問，幫你看清一些反覆出現的模式
Though actually, titles are messy. In many places a psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can medicine; a psychotherapist may or may not be that doctor. Some psychologists do this talking work too.
Though actually不過其實 titles are messy這些頭銜有點亂 In many places在很多地方 a psychiatrist is a medical doctor who can prescribe medicinepsychiatrist（精神科醫師）是可以開藥的醫生 a psychotherapist may or may not be that doctor而psychotherapist不一定是那種醫生 Some psychologists有些psychologist（心理師） do this talking work too也會做這種談話的工作
The word is respectful and professional. It is not “a friend who is good at advice,” and it is not a fortune-teller.
The word is respectful and professional這個詞聽起來既尊重又專業 It is not “a friend who is good at advice,”這不是「很會給建議的朋友」 and it is not a fortune-teller也不是算命的
The treatment they give is the talking kind named in the line above; this word names the person who does it.
The treatment they give is the talking kind named in the line above他們提供的治療，就是前面講的那種談話式治療 this word names the person who does it這個詞指的就是做這件事的人
組成Psycho- (mind) + therapist (a person who gives therapy).
同家族的字
- psychotherapythe talking treatment this person gives
- therapistthe “person who treats” piece
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
psychotherapistnoun
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Someone who practices psychotherapy.
- “Psychotherapists are not immune to the same stereotypes that we all have, and I think they could become even more relevant for psychotherapists than for other professions [both medical and nonmedical], because they are embarking on this intimate, potentially long-term relationship with these [clients],” said Heather Kugelmass, a doctoral student in sociology at Princeton University. Kugelmass is the author of the study (PDF), which was published Wednesday in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
- A psychotherapist I visited a few years ago [...] told me that my mother leaving my father, and my father letting us both go, has coloured my view of all relationships.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。