working through
Steadily addressing problems
Working through means dealing with something difficult by sustained effort until it's resolved.
You work through a problem by thinking it out step by step.
You work through grief or trauma by processing emotions over time.
We're still working through the details of the contract.
She spent years working through her childhood issues in therapy.
The phrase implies patience—there's no shortcut, just gradual progress.
- trial and errorLearning through repeated attempts
- free associationUnfiltered verbal thought flow
- dream analysisInterpreting nocturnal mental imagery
- catharsisPurification through emotional expression
- letting goReleasing one's grasp
countertransference · emotional insight · unconscious mind · defense mechanisms · troubleshooting · step by step · perseverance · reconciliation · repression · overcoming · talk therapy · resolution · introspection · making sense · acceptance · depth psychology · untangling · negotiation
- handlingdealing with, handling, managing, coping, addressing
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
- Hair Detanglingcomb, brush, knots, snarls, wide-tooth comb
- psychoanalysisFreud, id, ego, unconscious, Sigmund Freud
- emotional releasecry, venting, crying, sob, sobbing
- self-carebathing, self-care, renewal, brushing teeth, bath bombs
working throughavoiding
Deliberately staying clear
ignoring · evading · sidestepping · dodging · shying away from
working throughabandoning
Leaving permanently behind
quitting · giving up · dropping · walking away from · throwing in the towel
working throughsuppressing
Forcibly restraining or inhibiting
repressing · avoiding · ignoring · denying · bottling up
working, through, work, works, worked, worker, workers, workable, unworkable