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a family of psychological theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients unconscious mental processes
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Psychoanalysis — is a body of ideas developed by Austrian physician Sigmund Freud and his followers, which is devoted to the study of human psychological functioning and behavior. It has three applications: 1) a method of investigation of the mind; 2) a… … Wikipedia
Psychoanalysis — Psy cho*a*nal y*sis, n. 1. A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis and treatment pf psychoneuroses, based on the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856 1939) of Vienna. The method rests upon the theory that neurosis is characteristically due… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Psychoanalysis — Psychoanalysis was the word Freud coined in 1896, in an article written in French in the Revue neurologique, for the new kind of psychological investigation that he and his Viennese colleague Josef Breuer (1842–1925) were devising: I owe my… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
psychoanalysis — 1906, from Ger. Psychoanalyse, coined 1896 by Freud from Gk. psykhe mental (see PSYCHE (Cf. psyche)) + Ger. Analyse, from Gk. analysis (see ANALYSIS (Cf. analysis)). Freud earlier used psychische analyse (1894). Psychoanalyst and psychoanalyze… … Etymology dictionary
psychoanalysis — ► NOUN ▪ a method of treating mental disorders by investigating the conscious and unconscious elements in the mind and bringing repressed fears and conflicts into the conscious mind. DERIVATIVES psychoanalyse (US psychoanalyze) verb psychoanalyst … English terms dictionary
psychoanalysis — [sī΄kō ə nal′ə sis] n. [ModL: see PSYCHO & ANALYSIS] 1. a method, developed by Freud and others, of investigating mental processes and of treating neuroses and some other disorders of the mind: it is based on the assumption that such disorders… … English World dictionary
psychoanalysis — A psychological theory and a method of treatment of psychological disorders, developed initially by Sigmund Freud , and extended in a variety of ways by later psychoanalysts. James A. C. Brown s Freud and the Post Freudians (1964) is still a good … Dictionary of sociology
psychoanalysis — by Victoria Grace Baudrillard s work revolves first and foremost around a defiant critique and rejection of any form of productivist logic characteristic of western modernity. This logic, enshrined in semiology, is evident in its twin… … The Baudrillard dictionary
psychoanalysis — The method of therapy for psychological disorders pioneered by Freud . The method relies on an interpretation of what a patient says while ‘freely associating’ or reporting what comes to mind in connection with topics suggested by the therapist.… … Philosophy dictionary
psychoanalysis — psychoanalytic /suy koh an l it ik/, psychoanalytical, adj. psychoanalytically, adv. /suy koh euh nal euh sis/, n. 1. a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes. 2. a technical… … Universalium
psychoanalysis — 1. A method of psychotherapy, originated by Freud, designed to bring preconscious and unconscious material to consciousness primarily through the analysis of transference and resistance. SYN: psychoanalytic therapy. SEE … Medical dictionary
