To treat with a therapy.
"therapy" is a correct and usable word in written English. You can use it to refer to treatment meant to help a person heal emotionally, mentally, or physically. For example, "I'm seeing a therapist for therapy every week.".
We must also be careful that prescribing a book doesn't take the place of proper therapy.
In what appears to be an early application of art therapy, new research suggests that the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí used the garden of a psychiatric hospital as a testing ground for his revolutionary designs, with the patients serving as his artisans.
We left the Mad Men universe with Don, moving from a group therapy session in which a man named Leonard told him about a dream of being left unwanted in a fridge, to Draper meditating on the cliffs of Big Sur.
They diagnosed my eldest daughter with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) – our local services had missed this totally – and offered therapy to my youngest daughter to help her deal with nightmares.
We also offered medication; social work support to help people deal with defaulted bills, missed rent and other such complications that so often accompany a serious mental breakdown; and an occupational therapy programme, including walking groups and art groups.
The charity is also now piloting a group play therapy programme in Gaza.
Retail therapy still works for me in the likes of Zara and H&M, where you can buy a whole fresh look for a couple of hundred quid.
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Maria Pia Montoro
Terminologist and Q/A Analyst @ Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union