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therapist

[ther-uh-pist] / ˈθɛr ə pɪst /


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"I used to work as a massage therapist in work places, but I couldn't stand for long and I would get really tired."

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

She changed job, and now works as a massage therapist for people living with dementia, which is less physically demanding.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

She brought her findings to Maisa’s doctor and therapist in Boise.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 26, 2026

The day my classes were deleted in 2021, I did an emergency phone shrink session where my therapist reminded me that with stints as a poet, novelist and journalist, I was well-versed at reinvention.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

“Shut up! Your therapist is friends with Bea Contreras?”

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman

But they’ve tripled their sports staff this year, adding performance and mental health therapists and additional basketball data people — who apparently aided in the construction of an old, uncompetitive roster.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 27, 2026

Stay present, embrace vulnerability and read a room: Those are some of the lessons clown school teaches open-minded students from corporate attorneys to therapists.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

She stayed in hospital for five weeks while therapists helped her regain her ability to move independently.

From BBC Aug. 22, 2026

Misuse of therapy speak, or the casual use of clinical psychology terms, is a pervasive problem, and one that therapists note actually shuts down communication, as opposed to improving it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Some of my friends in high school had talked to therapists, and I had always thought that was odd.

From "How Dare the Sun Rise" by Sandra Uwiringiyimana




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