Synonym of electroconvulsive therapy / The use of a single, very large dose of a medicine

(medicine) A treatment for some forms of cancer and some skin disorders, involving the use of photosensitive chemicals, and controlled and directed laser beams.

(psychology) An existential and experiential psychotherapy that focuses on the individual's experience in the present moment.

conversion therapy / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see reparative, therapy.

(LGBT, pseudoscience) The use of psychiatric or psychological treatment to change the sexual orientation or gender identity of a person; used especially as an attempt to heterosexualize gay people.

A school of psychology that seeks to address people not on an individual level, as was the focus of earlier forms of therapy, but as people in relationships, dealing with the interactional patterns and group dynamics.

(medicine) A more drastic form of treatment given when an ailment (especially HIV or a tumour) does not respond to standard treatment.

The therapeutic practice of encouraging better quality of life through the pursuit of work or other occupations. / (ironical) busy work

A form of psychotherapy where patients are treated as a group, using group dynamics.

A therapy in which the patient hangs upside down or at an inverted angle, claimed to treat backache etc.