How to Use therapist in a Sentence

therapist

noun
  • He works with a therapist to improve his speech.
  • Savvy therapists can chew gum and walk at the same time.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Think your child needs to see a therapist?
    — Hannah Silverman, Parents, 17 June 2026
  • Hell hath no fury like a therapist scorned.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The therapist looks as if she’s just been slapped.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2025
  • You guys are sort of my therapists.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Don’t be afraid to see a therapist or bring it up with friends.
    — Jennifer Billock, Good Housekeeping, 21 Jan. 2023
  • We are changed, both client and therapist, in the process.
    — Wendy C. Ortiz, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Many of the therapists are trained in and hail from Asia.
    — Jacqui Gifford, Travel + Leisure, 31 Oct. 2025
  • As a grief therapist, many people come to me in the depths of loss.
    — Gina Moffa, Parents, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Thus, there is no need for the human therapist to fish around.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • There's no therapist on the other end of the line.
    — Windsor Johnston, NPR, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And thank you to my therapist and gay people.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Except for when the therapist takes it too far.
    — Lisa Depaulo, HollywoodReporter, 27 Mar. 2026
  • Chatbots can talk like therapists, but should they be used that way?
    — Mario Aguilar, STAT, 31 Mar. 2026
  • My dad was a speech and language therapist, which at the time was a new field.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Jan. 2022
  • The therapist was a round, soft woman who sat cross-legged on a fuzzy couch.
    — Will MacKin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Here are a few go-to techniques from therapists.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Here are a few go-to techniques from therapists.
    — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Or maybe that’s just black-and-white thinking, as therapists like to say.
    — Hanna Rosin, The Atlantic, 19 May 2025
  • Maybe my next career is a meringue therapist.
    — Bon Appétit, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Does the therapist not know what AI is about?
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • So how did this week shake out for the local therapist and model?
    — Chyna Blackmon, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Is the therapist easy-going or stern?
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026
  • That could be done with a couples therapist or a faith leader.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
  • People who ought to see a human therapist might get screened out.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • Who here wants a conflict when it could just be talked over with a therapist later?
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Cast members can choose their own therapists.
    — Samantha Stutsman, PEOPLE, 2 Oct. 2025
  • And people who don’t need a human therapist might get screened in.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
  • My dad’s a therapist, so maybe therapy was the thing all along.
    — Taylor Mims, Billboard, 15 May 2024

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