head shrinker
Informal mental doctor
Head shrinker is informal, often humorous slang for a psychiatrist or psychologist—someone who treats mental disorders.
The term plays on the literal practice of shrinking human heads, as if therapy somehow reduces or compresses the mind.
Usually shortened to shrink: I've been seeing a shrink for my anxiety.
The full form sounds dated or deliberately jokey.
Mental disorder physician
- psychoanalystUnconscious mind specialist
- therapistMental health practitioner
- analystOne who examines systematically
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
Freudian · neurosis · psyche · mental · counselor · session · diagnosis · treatment
Treatment via unconscious exploration
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
- transferenceRedirecting feelings to substitutes
breakthrough · insight · cognitive · behavioral · trauma · session · unconscious · defense mechanisms
Fixed oversimplified notion
- satireMockery exposing vice
- parodySatirical imitation
- FreudFounder of psychoanalysis
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
cigar · inkblot · mockery · cartoon · exaggeration · cliché · Hollywood · neurotic
Award for winning
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- spiritualRelating to the soul
- warriorOne skilled in combat
enemy · preservation · Ecuador · Amazon · anthropology · museum · artifact · indigenous
psychiatrist
Mental disorder physician
- psychoanalystUnconscious mind specialist
- therapistMental health practitioner
- analystOne who examines systematically
couch · Freudian · neurosis · psyche · mental · counselor · session · diagnosis · treatment · patient
psychoanalysis
Treatment via unconscious exploration
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- therapyCurative mental treatment
- couchUpholstered seating furniture
transference · breakthrough · insight · cognitive · behavioral · trauma · session · unconscious · defense mechanisms · repression
stereotype
Fixed oversimplified notion
couch · cigar · inkblot · mockery · cartoon · exaggeration · cliché · Hollywood · neurotic · notepad
trophy
Award for winning
warrior · enemy · preservation · Ecuador · Amazon · anthropology · museum · artifact · indigenous · headhunting
head shrinkersawbones
Slang for surgeon
surgeon · physician · bone setter · general practitioner · GP
head, heads, headed, heading, header, headers, headless, headship, overhead