Psychoanalytic Therapy
| Medical Definition: |
A form of psychiatric treatment, based on Freudian principles, which seeks to eliminate or diminish the undesirable effects of unconscious conflicts by making the patient aware of their existence, origin, and inappropriate expression in current emotions and behavior. |
| Guide Notes: |
a psychother technique; DF: PSYCHOANAL THER |
| Also Called: |
Balint Psychoanalytic Therapy |
Psychoanalytic Therapy Categories.
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Free Association - Spontaneous verbalization of whatever comes to mind. |
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Transactional Analysis - A psychoanalytic therapy wherein each social transaction is analyzed to determine the involved ego state (whether parent-like, child-like, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behavior. |
Psychoanalytic Therapy Medical Definitions and Terms
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