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Apollo archetype
The Apollo archetype personifies the aspect of the personality that wants clear definitions, is drawn to master a skill, values order and harmony, and prefers to look at the surface, as opposed ...
The Apollo archetype personifies the aspect of the personality that wants clear definitions, is drawn to master a skill, values order and harmony, and prefers to look at the surface, as opposed ...
Body-centred countertransference
Body-centred countertransference involves a psychotherapist's experiencing the physical state of the patient in a clinical context.
Body-centred countertransference involves a psychotherapist's experiencing the physical state of the patient in a clinical context.
Countertransference
Countertransference is defined as redirection of a psychotherapist's feelings toward a client—or, more generally, as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client.
Countertransference is defined as redirection of a psychotherapist's feelings toward a client—or, more generally, as a therapist's emotional entanglement with a client.
Emotional conflict
"Emotional conflicts and the intervention of the unconscious are the classical features of...medical psychology" for C. G. Jung.
"Emotional conflicts and the intervention of the unconscious are the classical features of...medical psychology" for C. G. Jung.
Energy (psychological)
Mental or psychic energy or activity is the concept of a principle of activity powering the operation of the mind or psyche.
Mental or psychic energy or activity is the concept of a principle of activity powering the operation of the mind or psyche.
Ennio Foppiani
Ennio Foppiani is an Italian writer, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder and editor of the magazine "Radure" Notebooks of psychic material, published in Italy by Moretti&...
Ennio Foppiani is an Italian writer, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder and editor of the magazine "Radure" Notebooks of psychic material, published in Italy by Moretti&...
Enrico Borla
Enrico Borla is an Italian writer, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder and editor of the magazine "Radure" Notebooks of psychic material, published in Italy by Moretti&Vitali.
Enrico Borla is an Italian writer, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, founder and editor of the magazine "Radure" Notebooks of psychic material, published in Italy by Moretti&Vitali.
Free association (psychology)
Free association is a technique used in psychoanalysis (and also in psychodynamic theory) which was originally devised by Sigmund Freud out of the hypnotic method of his mentor and coworker, Jos...
Free association is a technique used in psychoanalysis (and also in psychodynamic theory) which was originally devised by Sigmund Freud out of the hypnotic method of his mentor and coworker, Jos...
Harry Witchel
Dr Harry Witchel (PhD) is a physiology lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and also an expert on psychodynamics.
Dr Harry Witchel (PhD) is a physiology lecturer at Brighton and Sussex Medical School and also an expert on psychodynamics.
Healthy narcissism
'Some psychoanalysts and writers make a distinction between "healthy narcissism" and "unhealthy narcissism"...the healthy narcissist being someone who has a real sense of self-esteem that can en...
'Some psychoanalysts and writers make a distinction between "healthy narcissism" and "unhealthy narcissism"...the healthy narcissist being someone who has a real sense of self-esteem that can en...
Id, ego and super-ego
Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; they are the three theoretical constructs in terms of wh...
Id, ego and super-ego are the three parts of the psychic apparatus defined in Sigmund Freud's structural model of the psyche; they are the three theoretical constructs in terms of wh...
Interpassivity
Robert Pfaller, professor of philosophy at the university of Linz, and others elaborated the theory of interpassivity within the fields of cultural studies and psychoanalysis.
Robert Pfaller, professor of philosophy at the university of Linz, and others elaborated the theory of interpassivity within the fields of cultural studies and psychoanalysis.
Jointness
Jointness is an expression coined by the US Services to describe cross service cooperation in all stages of the military processes, from research, through procurement and into operations.
Jointness is an expression coined by the US Services to describe cross service cooperation in all stages of the military processes, from research, through procurement and into operations.
Jointness (psychodynamics)
Jointness is a term (1991) in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic theory, describing a new look at normal object relation that takes place from the beginning of life.
Jointness is a term (1991) in psychoanalysis and psychodynamic theory, describing a new look at normal object relation that takes place from the beginning of life.
Libido
Libido refers to a person's sex drive or desire for sexual activity.
Libido refers to a person's sex drive or desire for sexual activity.
Mentalization-based treatment
Mentalization-based treatment is an innovative form of psychodynamic psychotherapy, developed and manualised by Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman.
Mentalization-based treatment is an innovative form of psychodynamic psychotherapy, developed and manualised by Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman.
Narcissistic defences
"Narcissistic defences have been defined as those processes whereby the idealized aspects of the self are preserved and the limitations of the self and of
Others denied".
"Narcissistic defences have been defined as those processes whereby the idealized aspects of the self are preserved and the limitations of the self and of
Others denied".
Paradoxical intention
In psychotherapy, paradoxical intention is the deliberate practice of a neurotic habit or thought, undertaken in order to identify and remove it.
In psychotherapy, paradoxical intention is the deliberate practice of a neurotic habit or thought, undertaken in order to identify and remove it.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of depth psychology, the primary focus of which is to reveal the unconscious content of a client's psyche in an effort to alleviate psychic tension.
Psychodynamic psychotherapy is a form of depth psychology, the primary focus of which is to reveal the unconscious content of a client's psyche in an effort to alleviate psychic tension.
Psychodynamics
Psychodynamics is the theory and systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, especially the dynamic relations between conscious motivation and unconscious motivation.
Psychodynamics is the theory and systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, especially the dynamic relations between conscious motivation and unconscious motivation.
Psychological repression
Psychological repression, also psychic repression or simply repression, is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel its own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts.
Psychological repression, also psychic repression or simply repression, is the psychological attempt by an individual to repel its own desires and impulses towards pleasurable instincts.
Rapprochement
In international relations, a rapprochement, which comes from the French word rapprocher, is a re-establishment of cordial relations, as between two countries.
In international relations, a rapprochement, which comes from the French word rapprocher, is a re-establishment of cordial relations, as between two countries.
Regression (psychology)
Regression, according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling un...
Regression, according to psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, is a defense mechanism leading to the temporary or long-term reversion of the ego to an earlier stage of development rather than handling un...
Resistance (psychology)
"Resistance" as initially used by Sigmund Freud, referred to patients blocking memories from conscious memory.
"Resistance" as initially used by Sigmund Freud, referred to patients blocking memories from conscious memory.
Self-envy
Self-envy is a psychoanalytic term coined by Rafael López-Corvo who sustains that it is crucial for the understanding of disorders of the self that are manifested in addictions, acting out, and ...
Self-envy is a psychoanalytic term coined by Rafael López-Corvo who sustains that it is crucial for the understanding of disorders of the self that are manifested in addictions, acting out, and ...
Transference
Transference is a phenomenon in psychoanalysis characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another.
Transference is a phenomenon in psychoanalysis characterized by unconscious redirection of feelings from one person to another.
Working through
In psychodynamic psychotherapy, working through is seen as the process of repeating, elaborating, and amplifying interpretations.
In psychodynamic psychotherapy, working through is seen as the process of repeating, elaborating, and amplifying interpretations.