Psychoanalytic

Quick meaning: Psychoanalytic is an adjective meaning Of or relating to psychoanalysis.

Meaning

Of or relating to psychoanalysis.

Example Sentences

For example, psychoanalytic patients often resist remembering their childhood because they fear they will end up blaming their parents for their problems and feel guilty for betraying them.

Despite the accuracy of his observations, Rechy's political analysis of S&M, although it includes some good insights, is limited, moralistic, and tainted with psychoanalytic bias, and makes the leather scene into a place of warped madness and sickness.

It then told me it was trained in cognitive behavioral therapy, which it said was an “effective way to challenge how you’re thinking about things.” Unlike psychodynamic or psychoanalytic therapies, C.B.T. argues that our emotions and moods are influenced by our patterns of thinking; change those patterns, the theory goes, and you’ll start to feel better.

Synonyms for psychoanalytic

Depending on context, synonyms include psychoanalytical.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include psychoanalytical, shame, freudian, psychodynamic, analytic, introspective.

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