clinician

noun clinician

• doctor — a person licensed to practice medicine, as a physician, surgeon, dentist, or veterinarian.
• therapist — a person trained in the use of physical methods, as exercises, heat treatments, etc., in treating or rehabilitating the sick or wounded or helping patients overcome physical defects.
• psychoanalyst — a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.
• shrink — to draw back, as in retreat or avoidance: to shrink from danger; to shrink from contact.
• psychotherapist — the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.