therap-, -therapeutic[s], -therapeutically, -therapy, -therapies, -therapist +

A form of worry or anxiety substitution therapy; that is, substitution of an immediate minor but remediable worry or concern for a looming and more serious worry (or anxiety).

The treatment of burns and denuded surfaces with wax or paraffin preparations.

Physical therapy involving motion and a range of motion exercises. Also: kinesiatrics, kinesiotherapy, kinetotherapy.

Treatment of an illness by means of an exclusive or nearly exclusive milk diet; also, galactotherapy.

Treatment of an ailment by fasting; the hunger cure.

1. A form of psychotherapy that places special emphasis on the patient's spiritual life and on the physician as the "medical minister".
2. An existential type of psychotherapy which maintains that man's mental health depends on his/her awareness of meaning in her/his life.
3. A treatment modality based on the application of humanistic and existential psychology to assist a patient in finding meaning and purpose in life and unique life experiences.

The treatment of certain diseases, or illnesses, by exposure to light; especially, by varieties of concentrated light rays or specific wavelengths. Also phototherapy.

The attempt to treat a disease by the application of magnets to the surface of the body.

The use of specific magnetic fields to accelerate healing and reduce pain. The pain relieving and healthy benefits of magnotherapy are supposed to be the result of a change in the body’s pH levels caused by magnetic energy.

The treatment of certain ailments with massage.

The treatment of an illness by means of an apparatus or some kind of mechanical appliances.

The treatment of certain ailments with bee venom; also, apiotherapy.

Treatment of an illness with high frequency radiation; also, microwave therapy.

An adjunctive treatment of mental disorders by means of music.

1. Psychotherapy conducted with the patient under the influence of a sedative or narcotic.
2. In psychotherapy, the use of intravenous barbiturates to enhance relaxation, to facilitate communication, and to render the subject more responsive to the suggestions of the therapist.

In any particular narcotherapeutic session, the focus may be on reassurance (narcohypnosis), on uncovering repressed material (narcoanalysis), on encouraging expression of repressed affects (narcocatharsis), on eliciting data for later assimilation (narcosynthesis), or on obtaining data to provide more adequate evaluation (narcodiagnosis).