(also analysis) noun
[U] a method of treating sb who is mentally ill by asking them to talk about past experiences and feelings in order to try to find explanations for their present problems
psychoanalytic adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
a psychoanalytic approach
psychoanalytically adverb
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