Psychoanalysis
Unconscious-focused therapeutic school
Psychoanalysis is a theory of mind and therapeutic method developed by Sigmund Freud, based on the idea that unconscious desires and repressed memories shape behavior.
Treatment involves exploring these hidden contents through techniques like free association and dream interpretation: She's been in psychoanalysis for years.
The term extends loosely to any deep psychological examination: His essay is a psychoanalysis of American consumerism.
Not awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
libido · Oedipus complex · transference · defense mechanisms · psychosexual · drives · instinct · pleasure principle
Upholstered seating furniture
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- countertransferenceTherapist's emotional response to patient
working through · session · neutrality · abstinence · blank screen · talking cure · insight · abreaction
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- denialRefusal to accept reality
- displacementRemoval from usual location
rationalization · regression · splitting · introjection · identification · symbolization · condensation · dreamwork
Art movement exploring dreams
- DaliSurrealist painter's surname
- literatureBody of written works
- film theoryStudy of cinema's workings
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
Hitchcock · queer theory · critique · interpretation · subtext · motivation · hidden meaning · symbolism
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- repressionUnconscious blocking of thoughts
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
superego · libido · Oedipus complex · transference · defense mechanisms · psychosexual · drives · instinct · pleasure principle · topography
couch
Upholstered seating furniture
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
countertransference · working through · session · neutrality · abstinence · blank screen · talking cure · insight · abreaction · catharsis
repression
Unconscious blocking of thoughts
- sublimationSolid to gas directly
- projectionSomething that extends outward
- denialRefusal to accept reality
displacement · rationalization · regression · splitting · introjection · identification · symbolization · condensation · dreamwork · wish fulfillment
Surrealism
Art movement exploring dreams
- DaliSurrealist painter's surname
- literatureBody of written works
- film theoryStudy of cinema's workings
Hitchcock · feminism · queer theory · critique · interpretation · subtext · motivation · hidden meaning · symbolism · desire
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- literary movementsRomanticism, Realism, Modernism, Surrealism, Symbolism
- Vienna HistoryVienna Secession, Vienna Circle, Vienna Philharmonic, Gustav Klimt, Klimt
- Slavic ThoughtRussian soul, Frank, Bakhtin, Pan-Slavism, Russian Orthodoxy
Psychoanalysisbehavioral therapy
Psychotherapy targeting observable actions
behaviorism · cognitive-behavioral therapy · behavior modification · exposure therapy · pharmacotherapy
Psychoanalysisbehaviorism
Psychology studying observable conduct
behavioral conditioning · cognitive science · neuroscience · neuropsychiatry · evolutionary psychology
Psychoanalysispsychometrics
Psychological measurement science
neuroscience · biopsychology · brain imaging · evidence-based practice · scientific method