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单词 self-therapy
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self-therapy
self-therapy n.
Brit. /ˌsɛlfˈθɛrəpi/
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U.S. /ˌsɛlfˈθɛrəpi/
(a) a method of homoeopathic treatment in which (supposedly) toxic substances are taken from a patient and then readministered to him or her (obsolete rare); (b) therapy, esp. psychotherapy, applied by a person to himself or herself; cf. autotherapy n. at auto- comb. form1 1a.
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1911 N. Amer. Jrnl. Homœopathy Nov. 764 Auto-therapy is natural therapy, or, as the name implies, self-therapy. Auto-therapy employs nature's weapons in combatting disease.
1924 W. Healy in M. V. O'Shea Child xii. 245 The healing power of nature itself will in some instances lead to self-therapy, as in cases of adolescent mental disturbance which we have witnessed recover without medical assistance.
1948 Syracuse (N.Y.) Post-Standard 4 Jan. 24/1 A man who has long coupled his means of livelihood with self-therapy to regain the use of his hands crippled in an explosion.
2015 Belfast Tel. (Nexis) 3 Feb. On every project you find out something different about yourself. It's like self-therapy, in a mad way.
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