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Psychoanalytic Therapy

Medical Definition: A form of psychiatric treatment, based on Freudian principles, which seeks to eliminate or diminish the undesirable effects of unconscious conflicts by making the patient aware of their existence, origin, and inappropriate expression in current emotions and behavior.
Guide Notes: a psychother technique; DF: PSYCHOANAL THER
Also Called: Balint Psychoanalytic Therapy
Psychoanalytic Therapy Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Free Association - Spontaneous verbalization of whatever comes to mind.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Transactional Analysis - A psychoanalytic therapy wherein each social transaction is analyzed to determine the involved ego state (whether parent-like, child-like, or adult-like) as a basis for understanding behavior.

Psychoanalytic Therapy Medical Definitions and Terms

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