psychoanalyst
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One often feels with Hitchcock that beneath the director of thrillers dwells a frustrated psychoanalyst, eager to penetrate the hidden depths of the human personality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
I keep coming back to psychoanalyst Karen Horney’s 1950 discussion of neurosis and the professions—how they can attract exactly the wrong people, masquerading ideals they don’t possess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
During her brief stint under the hypnotist’s control, Lilian is relieved of some similar, opaque burden that even a brilliant psychoanalyst can’t understand.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2026
During the investigation into the My Lai atrocities, Hersh recalls, his wife, Elizabeth — a psychoanalyst to whom he’s been married for more than 60 years — helped keep him from breaking down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025
For example, an orthodox psychoanalyst might predict a certain kind of neurotic behavior.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
