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supportive psychotherapy

noun

  1. a type of psychotherapy that seeks to reduce psychological conflict and strengthen a patient's defenses through the use of various techniques, as reassurance, suggestion, counseling, and reeducation.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of supportive psychotherapy1

First recorded in 1960–65

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