S: (n) psychoanalysis, analysis, depth psychology (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"
S: (adj) anal, anal retentive (a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.)
S: (adj) oral (a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression)
S: (n) anal personality, anal retentive personality ((psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training))
S: (n) genital personality ((psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives)
S: (n) oral personality ((psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development)
S: (n) reality principle ((psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it)
S: (n) introject ((psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent's voice internalized)
S: (n) ego ideal ((psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives)
S: (n) imago ((psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood)
S: (n) condensation ((psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams)
S: (n) transference ((psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst)
S: (n) complex ((psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person's behavior)
S: (n) libido ((psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire)
S: (n) penis envy ((psychoanalysis) a female's presumed envy of the male's penis; said to explain femininity)
S: (n) cathexis, charge ((psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object) "Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge"
S: (n) acathexis ((psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual)
S: (n) psychosexual development ((psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage)
S: (n) anaclisis ((psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure)
S: (n) castration anxiety ((psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women)
S: (n) anal stage, anal phase ((psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child's development during which bowel control is learned)
S: (n) genital stage, genital phase ((psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity)
S: (n) latency stage, latency phase, latency period ((psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities)
S: (n) oral stage, oral phase ((psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant's development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting)
S: (n) phallic stage, phallic phase ((psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child's development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure)
S: (v) abreact (discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization)