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# therapist

«therapist» in Mova's school dictionary: **a trained person who helps people get better from…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a therapist, therapists)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A therapist is a trained person who helps people get better from illness, injury or problems, often by treatment that is not drugs or surgery. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#m1)

2) A therapist often means someone who helps with feelings and thoughts by talking, like a counsellor or psychologist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#m2)

3) Many therapists have a special kind: speech therapist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, play therapist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In school and everyday life, children may see a speech therapist for talking and sounds, a physiotherapist after an injury, an occupational therapist for handwriting or daily skills, or a play therapist or counsellor for worries and big feelings. In PSHE lessons, pupils learn that seeing a therapist is normal and brave, like going to a doctor. Phrases: «speech therapist», «see a therapist», «family therapist».

### examples

- I see a speech therapist on Tuesdays to practise my «r» sounds. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#x1)
- The therapist helped Dad walk again after his accident. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#x2)
- Talking to a therapist helped her with her worries. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#x3)
- My cousin's occupational therapist gave him a special pencil grip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#x4)
- The play therapist used toys to help the boy talk about his feelings. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#x5)
- There is nothing embarrassing about seeing a therapist. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/#x6)

### note

Countable. Related: «therapy». Trap: read it as «thera-pist», not «the rapist» — a well-known joke about word breaks.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «therapist» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/therapist/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.