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Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a form of inquiry whose aim is to overcome resistances due to repression.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a kind of magic capable of eliminating pathological disorders with mere words, because it concerns the way that science restores power to words which are nothing other than the watered-down magic of earlier times.

Psychoanalysis (n.) aims ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to replace neurotic suffering with common unhappiness.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a process of diving deep into that past to re-experience and re-examine and come to terms with the formative and sometimes painful experiences we have had.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a psychology, a method of treatment, and a method of inquiry.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a science but unlike the hard sciences it is not a theory, because much to its credit, its insights are not, for the most part, formulated as a series of general laws.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a science grounded in the notion of overdetermination, or the idea that there is always more than one legitimate interpretation (and often a multiplicity) in any full explanation of behavior.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a struggle, a metaphorical combat.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a technique by which, through dream analysis and free association principally, the unconscious wish is brought to consciousness and permitted to expression.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠a technique used to uncover unconscious conflict with the use of tools such as free association, transference, resistance, and defensive mechanisms such as slips of the tongue.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠an approach to the mind arguing that the workings of thoughts, feelings, experiences, wishes, fears, and fantasies involves motives hidden from our immediate awareness. In short, we are not masters of our own house.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠based on the assumption that psychological symptoms are caused by unconscious conflict often rooted in one's early childhood experience. The aim of psychoanalysis is to bring unconscious conflicts into conscious awareness through the processes of introspection, insight, and interpretation. In a collaborative effort, the patient and therapist examine and try to resolve these conflicts, freeing the patient to live a more adaptive, healthy, and fulfilling life.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠based on the insight that our adult personalities are the result of our childhood and that, while we ë'ëgrow up'í we carry within aspects of ourselves that ë'ëgot stuckí'í and didn't have a chance to develop (vulnerabilities, confusions, depression, anger, fear, rejection, blocks, access to our desires).

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠both a theory of the mind and a therapeutic technique. The analystí's goal is to help untangle the patient from unexamined or unconscious patterns of relating that may have at one point served oneself but are no longer serviceable and inhibit freedom.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠defined by virtue of its attention to the subject as something always alread' social'. It is concerned with the kind of individual that should be understood through the optic of social psychology.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠far more than a clinical application, which is only one of its applications. 'The future will perhaps show that it is not the most important one.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in surprise. It is when the analysand is themselves surprised by what he says that progress is really being made.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that one's fate is not externally determined as many folks believe, but rather, that it is for the most part arranged by themselves and determined by early infantile influences.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠grounded in the idea that symbolism is a universal age-old activity of the human imagination that lends itself to scientific exploration.

Psychoanalysis (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠like sculpture in its methodology in that it takes away rather than adds. It begins not with expression of some symptom like a painter, but with the introduction of a material to work with (a suggestion) upon which one proceeds to chip away at the block of stone to show all that hides the surface of the statue contained in it.