Psychoanalysis
noun
A method of understanding and treating mental illnesses by looking deep into a person's memories, thoughts and feelings.
He studied psychoanalysis in order to become a psychiatrist.
Often appears as...
- freudian psychoanalysis
- study of psychoanalysis
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noun
The theory of human psychology that discusses how our behaviours are affected by unconscious thoughts.
Freud's psychoanalysis is still widely studied in modern psychology.
Often appears as...
- theory of psychoanalysis
- principles of psychoanalysis
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Academic
noun
A method of understanding and treating mental illnesses by looking deep into a person's memories, thoughts and feelings.
He studied psychoanalysis in order to become a psychiatrist.
Often appears as...
- freudian psychoanalysis
- study of psychoanalysis
Usage tips
Academic
noun
The theory of human psychology that discusses how our behaviours are affected by unconscious thoughts.
Freud's psychoanalysis is still widely studied in modern psychology.
Often appears as...
- theory of psychoanalysis
- principles of psychoanalysis
Usage tips
Academic
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Freud's Influence
Psychoanalysis has roots in Freud’s theories; understanding his work aids comprehension of the term.
Freud's theories are the cornerstone of traditional psychoanalysis.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Exploration
Psychoanalysis often involves exploring a person's past to reveal hidden emotions and conflicts.
Through psychoanalysis, he uncovered the childhood origins of his fears.
Pro Tip 3/3Therapeutic Setting
Psychoanalysis is typically performed in a clinical or counseling setting by trained professionals.
She attended weekly psychoanalysis sessions to treat her depression.
Pro Tip 1/3Freud's Influence
Psychoanalysis has roots in Freud’s theories; understanding his work aids comprehension of the term.
Freud's theories are the cornerstone of traditional psychoanalysis.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Exploration
Psychoanalysis often involves exploring a person's past to reveal hidden emotions and conflicts.
Through psychoanalysis, he uncovered the childhood origins of his fears.
Pro Tip 3/3Therapeutic Setting
Psychoanalysis is typically performed in a clinical or counseling setting by trained professionals.
She attended weekly psychoanalysis sessions to treat her depression.
Pro Tip 1/3Freud's Influence
Psychoanalysis has roots in Freud’s theories; understanding his work aids comprehension of the term.
Freud's theories are the cornerstone of traditional psychoanalysis.
Pro Tip 2/3Deep Exploration
Psychoanalysis often involves exploring a person's past to reveal hidden emotions and conflicts.
Through psychoanalysis, he uncovered the childhood origins of his fears.
Pro Tip 3/3Therapeutic Setting
Psychoanalysis is typically performed in a clinical or counseling setting by trained professionals.
She attended weekly psychoanalysis sessions to treat her depression.
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And the thing about a successful life is that a lot of the time, our ideas of what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They're sucked in from other people; chiefly, if you're a man, your father, and if you're a woman, your mother. Psychoanalysis has been drumming home this message for about 80 years. No one's quite listening hard enough, but I very much believe it's true.
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History vs. Sigmund...
before pioneering the discipline of psychoanalysis. He proposed that people are motivated by unconscious desires and repressed memories, and their problems can be addressed by making those motivations conscious through talk therapy.
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A kinder, gentler...
And the thing about a successful life is that a lot of the time, our ideas of what it would mean to live successfully are not our own. They're sucked in from other people; chiefly, if you're a man, your father, and if you're a woman, your mother. Psychoanalysis has been drumming home this message for about 80 years. No one's quite listening hard enough, but I very much believe it's true.
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History vs. Sigmund...
before pioneering the discipline of psychoanalysis. He proposed that people are motivated by unconscious desires and repressed memories, and their problems can be addressed by making those motivations conscious through talk therapy.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
I'm not an academic philosopher, and don't agree with the way the universities approach the subject. I'm a philosopher only in the very loose sense of someone interested in wisdom and well-being attained through reason. But I'm as interested in psychoanalysis and art as I am in philosophy.
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Sylvia Hoeks
Dutch Actress
I want to play so many different characters. I want to, like, understand so many different people, and psychoanalysis, everything. I love that about my job: getting into the character and understanding it and doing the psychoanalysis and creating that character.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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Janet Malcolm
American Writer
Although psychoanalysis has influenced me personally, it has had curiously little influence on my writing. This may be because writers learn from other writers, not from theories.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can't explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
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Albert Ellis
American Psychologist
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it.
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Eric Kandel
American Scientist
Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it. You will never know whether you've found the truth. You may find a subjective truth, but you don't know.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
I think when I went to psychoanalysis, I actually believed that people said what they meant. This was my whole problem.
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Diane Keaton
American Actress
I said I would never go to a psychiatrist, and I spent much of my life in psychoanalysis.
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Alain de Botton
English Writer
I'm not an academic philosopher, and don't agree with the way the universities approach the subject. I'm a philosopher only in the very loose sense of someone interested in wisdom and well-being attained through reason. But I'm as interested in psychoanalysis and art as I am in philosophy.
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Sylvia Hoeks
Dutch Actress
I want to play so many different characters. I want to, like, understand so many different people, and psychoanalysis, everything. I love that about my job: getting into the character and understanding it and doing the psychoanalysis and creating that character.
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Orson Welles
American Actor
I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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Janet Malcolm
American Writer
Although psychoanalysis has influenced me personally, it has had curiously little influence on my writing. This may be because writers learn from other writers, not from theories.
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Noam Chomsky
American Activist
I do not think psychoanalysis has a scientific basis. If we can't explain why a cockroach decides to turn left, how can we explain why a human being decides to do something?
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Albert Ellis
American Psychologist
I thought foolishly that Freudian psychoanalysis was deeper and more intensive than other, more directive forms of therapy, so I was trained in it and practiced it.
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Eric Kandel
American Scientist
Psychoanalysis has a degree of unreliability about it. You will never know whether you've found the truth. You may find a subjective truth, but you don't know.
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Sigmund Freud
Austrian Psychologist
The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition.
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John Malkovich
American Actor
I think when I went to psychoanalysis, I actually believed that people said what they meant. This was my whole problem.
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Diane Keaton
American Actress
I said I would never go to a psychiatrist, and I spent much of my life in psychoanalysis.
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