therapy + -speak
therapy-speak (uncountable)
- The employment of psychologic jargon to converse with other people.
- Hypernyms: jobspeak, psychologese
2022 January 15, Amy M Franks, David Caldwell, “Unpacking the Use of Therapy-Speak in Scholarly Writing”, in American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education[1], volume 87, number 3, published 2023 April 1, →DOI:We recommend that authors and reviewers carefully consider whether manuscript quality is enhanced by the use of therapy-speak.
2024 March 27, Ross Douthat, “The Quest for a New Vision of Sexual Morality”, in The New York Times[2]:Whatever Huberman’s failures of honesty and communication, for instance, he appears extremely well versed in the kind of therapy-speak that’s supposed to tame libidinous excess — suggesting that predators and cads can work through this system as well as any other.