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psychoanalysis

2 definitions • 1 example
1
any of a number of the theories of the human personality that attempt to examine a person's unconscious mind to discover the hidden causes of their mental problems:

Examples:

Sigmund Freud is known as the father of psychoanalysis.
2
a theory and method of treating mental illness in which a person is encouraged to talk about private thoughts and events to someone trained in this method

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