How to Use therapist in a Sentence

therapist

noun
  • He works with a therapist to improve his speech.
  • Thompson, Brown, and Kaushal all said they had never been treated by a therapist who looks like them.
    Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • For 80 minutes, my therapist focused on stress-holding areas like the back, neck, and shoulders.
    Allison Duncan, Travel + Leisure, 17 Aug. 2024
  • One of my favorite quotes in the book is from Tom Greenspon, a therapist.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • But now Delta can’t walk and has an in-home therapist to help preserve what’s left of her speech.
    Adithi Ramakrishnan, Dallas News, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The school also has a team of eight social workers and a new on-site therapist.
    Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2023
  • And a therapist from NAED’s helpline can also point you in the right direction.
    Christine Byrne, Mph, SELF, 28 Aug. 2023
  • So how did this week shake out for the local therapist and model?
    Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Oh, and Rory's therapist, played by Hong Chau, also gets dragged along for the ride.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 9 Aug. 2024
  • My dad’s a therapist, so maybe therapy was the thing all along.
    Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024
  • Elsewhere in the film, Fat Joe makes a cameo as her therapist, while Derek Hough steals the show with his dance moves as one of the actress/singer's husbands.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The New York holistic therapist and health coach had been a die-hard fan until a fall 2010 night with Geever.
    Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Ask your doctor to refer you to a therapist, someone who can see you soon.
    Meredith Goldstein, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2023
  • But a therapist and a partner must play two distinct roles.
    Elaine Welteroth, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Andre Harris, the founder of Dads Against Crime, saw it and connected him with a therapist.
    Zachary Linhares, Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Jason Segel’s therapist in Shrinking is flailing since the death of his wife.
    Esther Zuckerman, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Aug. 2023
  • His therapist had initially advised him not to, for the sake of his mental health.
    Becky Sullivan, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The ex-boyfriend of celebrity therapist Amie Harwick was sentenced to life in prison for throwing her off a balcony to her death in 2020.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • Coyne says his roughly half a dozen sessions with the therapist didn’t help much, but he was determined.
    Haley Weiss, TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • The local area hardly had any in-home or nearby therapists.
    AZCentral.com, 16 July 2023
  • Student debt has become a major issue, and salaries often aren't enough to keep therapists in the field.
    Mark Kreidler | Kaiser Health News, ABC News, 18 Nov. 2023
  • Student debt has become a major issue, and salaries often aren’t enough to keep therapists in the field.
    Mark Kreidler, Fortune Well, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Three therapists and many months later, the situation is the same.
    Annie Lane, oregonlive, 7 July 2023
  • But my therapist and the experts confirmed this is normal.
    Sunny Fitzgerald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Aug. 2023
  • If that’s the case, your mental health is better off in another therapist’s hands.
    Jenna Ryu, SELF, 26 July 2023
  • For her, the city has great doctors, child therapists, and teachers, which all can make a big difference when raising kids.
    Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 11 Apr. 2024
  • In one scene, a bride (Alba Faivre) and groom (Nicolas Lourdelle) take turns sitting in a chair to speak to a therapist who is concealed behind a wall of smoke.
    Terry Byrne, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Lopez sings, dances, and even seeks advice from Fat Joe playing a therapist in this musical odyssey.
    Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This can be a therapist or one of these options if therapy is not feasible for you right now.
    Alexandra Schneider, Seventeen, 30 June 2023
  • At the spa, the therapist treated my burns with a bespoke massage fusing Palauan remedies with common-sense aloe.
    Matt Ortile, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2024

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