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 - family, Freud, and unconscious — by Alison Ross Family The family has a pivotal conceptual role within psychoanalytic theory; its primacy in psychoanalysis is neither limited to the bourgeois nuclear family nor the therapeutic practice of analysis that deals with it.… … The Deleuze dictionary
psychoanalysis - family, Freud, and unconscious — by Alison Ross Family The family has a pivotal conceptual role within psychoanalytic theory; its primacy in psychoanalysis is neither limited to the bourgeois nuclear family nor the therapeutic practice of analysis that deals with it.… … The Deleuze dictionary
Freudian Psychotherapy: Technique — (1893–1930s). The cathartic method of Breuer and Freud (1893, 1895). In an article for the Neurological Central Journal (Neurologisches Centralblatt), Freud and Josef Breuer (1842–1925) reported the case of a young female patient with… … Historical dictionary of Psychiatry
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
Freudian — ► ADJECTIVE 1) relating to or influenced by the Austrian psychotherapist Sigmund Freud (1856 1939) and his methods of psychoanalysis. 2) susceptible to analysis in terms of unconscious thoughts or desires: a Freudian slip. ► NOUN ▪ a follower of… … English terms dictionary
Freudian — [froi′dē ən] adj. of or according to Freud or his theories and practice n. a person who believes in Freud s theories or uses Freud s methods in psychoanalysis Freudianism n … English World dictionary
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
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
