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"his physician recommended psychoanalysis"nouna set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud
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- charge (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object
- id (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity
- complex (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior
- ego (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind
- klein United States psychoanalyst (born in Austria) who was the first to specialize in the psychoanalysis of small children (1882-1960)
- freud Austrian neurologist who originated psychoanalysis (1856-1939)
- analyst a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- libido (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire
- psychoanalyst a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis
- transference (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst