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depth psychology
noun
An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.
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That kind of "depth" psychology was popularized by Freudianism, and it isn't likely to go away.
Some scholars have explained the pharmakos in terms of depth psychology.
To learn a place is like getting to know a person; it is an exercise in depth psychology.
In the years immediately before World War II, many literary trends were discernible: colourful romanticism, depth psychology, bitter social criticism.
Dr. Nguyen has over twenty years of experience with insight meditation practice and depth psychology work.
Psychoanalysis, a highly influential method of treating mental disorders, shaped by psychoanalytic theory, which emphasizes unconscious mental processes and is sometimes described as "depth psychology".
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So-called depth psychologies fare better at meaning and context, but their ability to relieve distress is questionable – even advocates admit they take a long time to work.
All theoretical perspectives are welcome, including, but not limited to, psychoanalytic and other depth psychologies, experimental and empirical psychologies, humanistic psychology, transpersonal psychology, and cultural psychology.
The sample consists of ten courses of depth psychology-based psychotherapy with 29 to 35 sessions (subsample 1) and one 200-session extract from an analytic long-term therapy course (subsample 2).
(In German-speaking regions the term "depth psychology-based psychotherapy" is used to refer to an application of the psychoanalytic method characterized by a limitation of the treatment goal, a primarily conflict-centered approach and a restriction of regressive processes. In the international nomenclature, the term corresponds to psychodynamic therapy).
She derided the "pseudoscientific apparatuses of depth-psychology, psychoanalysis, graphology, etc".
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