headshrinkers
Slang for therapists
Headshrinkers is informal, often mildly disparaging slang for psychiatrists or psychotherapists—professionals who work on what's inside your head.
The term plays on the literal practice of shrinking human heads, associated with certain tribal cultures: I've been seeing a headshrinker twice a week.
The shortened form shrink is more common today.
Unconscious mind specialist
- therapistMental health practitioner
- psychologistMental behavior specialist
- counselorOne who advises
- FreudianOf unconscious-mind theory
Jungian · couch · psychoanalysis · transference · neurosis · psychotherapy · unconscious · session
Indigenous spiritual healer
- witchdoctorHealer using magic rituals
- healerOne who restores health
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
- divinerOne who foretells events
ritualist · spiritualist · animist · elder · sage · seer · oracle · traditional
Recruiting talent from competitors
- trophyAward for winning
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- tribesAncestral social groups
ritual · warfare · shamanism · South America · ethnography · tradition · ceremonial · skull
psychoanalyst
Unconscious mind specialist
- therapistMental health practitioner
- psychologistMental behavior specialist
- counselorOne who advises
Freudian · Jungian · couch · psychoanalysis · transference · neurosis · psychotherapy · unconscious · session · diagnosis
shaman
Indigenous spiritual healer
- witchdoctorHealer using magic rituals
- healerOne who restores health
- sorcererWielder of arcane power
diviner · ritualist · spiritualist · animist · elder · sage · seer · oracle · traditional · indigenous
headhunting
Recruiting talent from competitors
- trophyAward for winning
- AmazonGreek warrior women
- indigenousOriginating in a region
tribes · ritual · warfare · shamanism · South America · ethnography · tradition · ceremonial · skull · preserved
headshrinkersneurosurgeons
Doctors operating on brains
brain surgeons · surgeons · sawbones · general practitioners · physicians
headshrinkersfaith healers
Those claiming supernatural cures
shamans · life coaches · clergy · bartenders · best friends
headshrinkerspsychiatrists
Mental health physicians
psychologists · mental health professionals · psychoanalysts · therapists · medical doctors