therapeutic
Having a healing or beneficial effect on physical or mental health
Examples
In a meeting
“We've found that flexible schedules have a therapeutic effect on employee stress levels.”
Over coffee
“Gardening is really therapeutic for me when I'm feeling anxious.”
Why this word
healing
therapeutic specifically relates to medical treatment and recovery, healing is less technical
beneficial
therapeutic specifically promotes health or recovery from illness, beneficial is vaguely positive
medicinal
therapeutic emphasizes treatment effect on condition, medicinal refers to substances with healing properties
Usage tip
Use when describing activities, treatments, or conditions that promote healing or wellbeing.
Etymology
Greek: therapeutikos (inclined to serve, healing)
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