Psyche:

• [Dictionary Definition]: [from Latin (‘psyche’) Greek (‘psukhe’): breath, life, soul; relating to ‘psukhein’ (breathe, blow); in Greek mythology the beloved of Eros (Cupid), the god of love]. 1. The soul, the spirit (an entity distinct from the body, a person’s spiritual as opposed to corporeal nature; specially regarded as immortal and as being capable of redemption or damnation in a future state). Formerly also (rare), the animating principle of the universe. 2. The mind, especially in its spiritual, emotional and motivational aspects; the collective mental or psychological characteristics of a nation, people, etc. Synonyms: soul, spirit, anima, self, essential nature, inner ego, personality. (© 1998 The Oxford Dictionary).

• [Dictionary Definition]: 1. The spirit or soul (the vital principle or animating force within living beings; incorporeal consciousness; the spiritual nature of human beings, regarded as immortal, separable from the body at death, and susceptible to happiness or misery in a future state). 2. (psychiatry): The mind functioning as the centre of thought, emotion, and behaviour and consciously or unconsciously adjusting or mediating the body’s responses to the social and physical environment. (© The American Heritage Dictionary 1992, 1996).

• [Dictionary Definition]: [Latin from Greek: psyche, soul]: 1: a princess loved by Cupid; 2. soul (the immaterial essence, animating principle, or actuating cause of an individual life; the spiritual principle embodied in human beings, all rational and spiritual beings, or the universe); self. (© 1994 Merriam-Webster, Inc).

Psychotherapy:

• [Dictionary Definition]: ‘psychotherapy: the treatment of disorders of emotion or personality by psychological methods; formerly, the treatment of disease by psychic or hypnotic influence; psychotherapist: a specialist in or practitioner of psychotherapy’. (Oxford Dictionary).

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