Psychoanalytic Theory:

Terms Related to Psychoanalytic Theory

• Self Psychology

  Psychoanalytic theory focusing on interpretation of behavior in reference to self. (From APA, Thesaurus of Psychological Terms, 1994) This elaboration of the psychoanalytic concepts of ...

• Jungian Theory

  A theoretical psychoanalytical system centered around symbols of the unconscious with the unconscious material derived from two sources - the personal unconscious (repressed or forgotten ...

• Psychoanalysis

  The separation or resolution of the psyche into its constituent elements. The term has two separate meanings: 1. a procedure devised by Sigmund Freud, for ...

• Freudian Theory

  Philosophic formulations which are basic to psychoanalysis. Some of the conceptual theories developed were of the libido, repression, regression, transference, id, ego, superego, Oedipus Complex, ...

• Personal Construct Theory

  A psychological theory based on dimensions or categories used by a given person in describing or explaining the personality and behavior of others or of ...

• Psychoanalytic Therapy

  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 ...