psychoanalyst
Dream-interpreting therapist
A psychoanalyst is a therapist who practices psychoanalysis—a method of treating mental disorders by exploring unconscious thoughts, early memories, and repressed feelings, typically through extended talk therapy.
The approach derives from Freud's theories about the unconscious mind.
She saw her psychoanalyst twice a week for years.
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- LacanFrench psychoanalytic theorist
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
ego · superego · libido · repression · transference · countertransference · defense mechanisms · Oedipus complex
Founder of psychoanalysis
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
- superegoMind's moral overseer
libido · repression · transference · neurosis
Not awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- preconsciousAccessible but unattended thoughts
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
- dreamsInvoluntary sleep visions
fantasy · memory · conflict · trauma · anxiety · symptom · complex · fixation
Assigned meaning
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- dreamworkAnalyzing sleep-state imagery
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
- displacementRemoval from usual location
nightmares · unconscious · royal road · imagery · associations · meaning · recurring · anxiety dreams
Upholstered seating furniture
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
- interpretationAssigned meaning
- working throughAddressing something systematically
treatment · consulting room · neutrality · abstinence · blank screen · listening · intervention · termination
Mental health practitioner
- clinicianMedical care provider
- shrinkDecrease in size
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- licensedGranted official permission
private practice · mental health · doctorate · credentials · Freudian · Jungian · orthodox · relational
Purification through emotional expression
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- working throughAddressing something systematically
- integrationCombining into a whole
- transformationThorough change in form
resolution · growth · recovery · self-understanding · emotional release · trauma processing · reparation · wholeness
Of analytical psychology
- relationalConcerning connections between things
- contemporaryOf the present age
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- JungAnalytical psychology founder
- LacanFrench psychoanalytic theorist
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
id · ego · superego · libido · repression · transference · countertransference · defense mechanisms · Oedipus complex · Electra complex
Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis
- unconsciousNot awake or aware
- idUnconscious instinctual drives
- egoOne's self-image
superego · libido · repression · transference · neurosis
unconscious
Not awake or aware
- subconsciousBelow conscious awareness
- preconsciousAccessible but unattended thoughts
- consciousnessState of sentient awareness
dreams · fantasy · memory · conflict · trauma · anxiety · symptom · complex · fixation · regression
interpretation
Assigned meaning
- symbolismRepresenting concepts through images
- dreamworkAnalyzing sleep-state imagery
- condensationVapor turning to liquid
displacement · nightmares · unconscious · royal road · imagery · associations · meaning · recurring · anxiety dreams · repressed
couch
Upholstered seating furniture
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
- interpretationAssigned meaning
working through · treatment · consulting room · neutrality · abstinence · blank screen · listening · intervention · termination · regression
therapist
Mental health practitioner
- clinicianMedical care provider
- shrinkDecrease in size
- certificationAttestation of qualification
licensed · private practice · mental health · doctorate · credentials · Freudian · Jungian · orthodox · relational · contemporary
catharsis
Purification through emotional expression
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- working throughAddressing something systematically
- integrationCombining into a whole
transformation · resolution · growth · recovery · self-understanding · emotional release · trauma processing · reparation · wholeness · mourning
Jungian
Of analytical psychology
- relationalConcerning connections between things
- contemporaryOf the present age
- classicalOf ancient Greece/Rome
- therapiststherapist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech therapist, respiratory therapist
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- mental health staffpsychologist, therapist, counselor, mental health counselor, clinical psychologist
- dream researchers
psychoanalystpsychopharmacologist
Physician prescribing psychiatric medications
behaviorist · psychiatrist · neuropsychiatrist · behavioral therapist · neuroscientist
psychoanalystbehaviorist
Action-focused psychology adherent
B.F. Skinner · empiricist · positivist · reductionist · materialist
psychoanalystlife coach
Professional growth mentor
advice columnist · prescriber · motivational speaker · crisis counselor
- psychoanalytic therapyTreatment exploring unconscious motivations
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