adjective
definition
Of or relating to psychoanalysis.
Examples of psychoanalytic in a Sentence
Psychoanalytic treatment, however, had a very low rate of success.
Psychoanalytic approaches are not useful in treating IED.
Therapy usually involves some combination of behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, play therapy, or psychoanalytic therapy, medication, and in some cases, family therapy.
Notes on style All authors are asked to take account of the diverse audience of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.
Members of the Center staff are practicing psychoanalysts, analytical psychologists or psychoanalytic psychotherapists.
In some areas psychoanalytic psychotherapy is available within the NHS.
The American Psychoanalytic Association warns that the title "psychoanalyst" may be used legally by anyone, even those untrained in the field.
Psychoanalytic theory proposes instead that morality develops through humans' conflict between their instinctual drives and the demands of society.
Others who believe humans are innately aggressive and completely self-oriented are more likely to accept psychoanalytic theories where morality is the learned management of socially destructive internal drives.
The psychoanalytic model purports that trichotillomania occurs in an attempt to resolve a childhood trauma, the most common of which is sexual abuse.
Play therapy is an adaptation of psychoanalytic therapy, which is a psychological treatment based on helping people understand their unconscious thoughts.