Associations to the word «Psychoanalysis»

Wiktionary

PSYCHOANALYSIS, noun. (psychoanalysis) a family of theories and methods within the field of psychotherapy that work to find connections among patients' unconscious mental processes

Dictionary definition

PSYCHOANALYSIS, noun. A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats