psychoanalysis

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psychoanalysis /ˌsaɪ koʊ ə ˈnæ lə səs/ ?

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(n) a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud

Cognitive therapy is everything psychoanalysis isn't: simple, quick, practical, goal oriented.
Freud first used the term psychoanalysis in 1896, when he was already 40.
Instead of changing psychoanalysis again to meet the threat of World War III, he suggested that Freud's amended theory be applied to improve mankind so as to ensure peace.

Allen tells New York magazine, "People always tease me. They say, look at you, you went for so much psychoanalysis and you're so neurotic, you wind up marrying a girl so much younger than you. You don't like to go through tunnels. You don't like to...
on Sep 29, 2008 By: Woody Allen Source: Contactmusic.com
Referring to Mr Sarkozy's comments on Thursday that he was preparing "the biggest reform of the social model since the liberation [of France]", a Socialist spokesman, BenoÃ®t Hamon, said: "In psychoanalysis, this is what you call the syndrome...
on Sep 21, 2007 By: BenoÃ®t Hamon Source: guardian.co.uk
Asked Tuesday afternoon why so many New Yorkers did not find him warm, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg told reporters, "I'm not big on psychoanalysis."
on Mar 24, 2009 By: Michael Bloomberg Source: New York Times Blogs (blog)