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Psychoanalytic theory — is a general term for approaches to psychoanalysis which attempt to provide a conceptual framework more or less independent of clinical practice rather than based on empirical analysis of clinical cases. Explanation Development is described as… … Wikipedia
Psychoanalytic dream interpretation — Part of a series of articles on Psychoanalysis … Wikipedia
Psychotherapy — is an interpersonal, relational intervention used by trained psychotherapists to aid s in problems of living. This usually includes increasing individual sense of well being and reducing subjective discomforting experience. Psychotherapists… … Wikipedia
Psychoanalytic literary criticism — refers to literary criticism which, in method, concept, theory, or form, is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself, and… … Wikipedia
Psychotherapy — The last half of the eighteenth century saw a big upsurge of interest in using the doctor–patient relationship therapeutically, which is the essence of medical psychotherapy. In France after 1750, there had been much writing on la médecine de… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
psychotherapy — psychotherapist, n. /suy koh ther euh pee/, n., pl. psychotherapies. the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy. [1890 95; PSYCHO + THERAPY] * *… … Universalium
psychotherapy — Treatment of emotional, behavioral, personality, and psychiatric disorders based primarily upon verbal or nonverbal communication and interventions with the patient, in contrast to treatments utilizing chemical and physical measures. See entrie … Medical dictionary
Psychoanalytic — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
psychotherapy — An imprecise term that may embrace a wide variety of psychological methods of treatment, group or individual, provided by specialist therapists for the treatment of mental and behavioural problems (usually non psychotic). Psychotherapy may… … Dictionary of sociology
British Psychoanalytic Council — The British Psychoanalytic Council is an association of training institutions, professional associations and accrediting bodies which have their roots in established psychoanalysis and analytical psychology. They bring together approximately 1200 … Wikipedia
