Analysis
Of psychotherapy. May also be referred to as depth psychology and psychoanalysis.
A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis".
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Stage
- anal stage
(psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which...
- genital stage
(psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring...
- latency stage
(psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which...
- oral stage
(psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth...
- phallic stage
(psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation...
Libidinal Energy
- libidinal energy
(psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido.
- charge
(psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; "Freud thought...
- acathexis
(psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories...
Personality
- anal personality
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion...
- genital personality
(psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile...
- oral personality
(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive...
Unconscious Mind
- superego
(psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience.
- id
(psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity.
Principle
- pleasure principle
(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant...
- reality principle
(psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child...
Also contains
- complex
(psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness...
- transference
(psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person...
- penis envy
(psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femin...
- introjection
(psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads...
- imago
(psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood.
- latent content
(psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream.
- castration anxiety
(psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual...
- condensation
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a...
- ego
(psychoanalysis) the conscious mind.
- hypnoanalysis
The use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis.
- libido
(psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire.
- anaclisis
(psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal...
- catharsis
(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions.
- ego ideal
(psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward...
- introject
(psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child;...
- psychosexual development
(psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior...
- death instinct
(psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die.