therapy

Everyday

1. Therapy is treatment to help someone get better from an illness or injury. tree →
2. Therapy is also talking with a trained person about worries and feelings, to feel better in your mind. tree →
3. A therapy is one kind of treatment: speech therapy, physical therapy. tree →

In the lessons

In health lessons and adult life, people go to therapy after an accident, for speech, or for sadness and worry. It tells the reader that someone is getting help, and asking for help is good and brave. Phrases: go to therapy, speech therapy, physiotherapy, in therapy.

Examples

• After breaking her leg, she had therapy to walk again. tree →
• My cousin goes to speech therapy to help with his talking. tree →
• Talking therapy helped Dad when he felt very sad. tree →
• The dog visits the hospital for pet therapy. tree →
• Music therapy helps some children relax. tree →
• There are many therapies for back pain. tree →

Note

Usually uncountable (go to therapy), countable for kinds (therapies). Person: therapist. Adjective: therapeutic. Going to therapy is normal, like seeing a doctor.