psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic /-ˌænḷˈɪtɪk/
(a.)心理分析的
psy·cho·an·a·lyt·ic /-ɪkəl/ 形容詞
Psy·cho·a·nal·y·sis n.
1. A method or process of psychotherapeutic analysis and treatment pf psychoneuroses, based on the work of Dr. Sigmund Freud (1856- 1939) of Vienna. The method rests upon the theory that neurosis is characteristically due to repression of desires consciously rejected but subconsciously persistent; it consists in a close analysis of the patient's mental history, effort being made to bring unconsciuos and preconscious material to consciousness; the methods include analysis of transferance and resistance. In some variants, stress is laid upon the dream life, and of treatment by means of suggestion.
-- Psy*cho*an*a*lyt*ic, a.; Psych*o*an*al*ist n., etc.
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psychoanalytic
adj : of or relating to or incorporating the methods and theory of
psychiatric treatment originated by Sigmund Freud;
"Freud's psychoanalytical theories"; "psychoanalytic
treatment" [syn: psychoanalytical]