psychoanalysis
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Neuroscience focuses on the biological and computational mechanisms inside the brain, while psychoanalysis examines how those processes are experienced from a person's point of view.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 1, 2026
The 115-minute film by British directors David Tryhorn and Ben Nicholas features extensive interviews with the footballer-turned-actor in what sometimes resembles an extended session of psychoanalysis.
From Barron's ● May 16, 2026
Can psychoanalysis make sense of our most insidious urges?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 8, 2026
To hear them engaging in psychoanalysis you could be forgiven for thinking that they've spent as much prep-time for Rome in therapy as they have on the training ground.
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2026
“We had a long talk about Freud, Freudians, psychology, psychoanalysis, and God.”
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
There seem to be two psychoanalyses of male “feminists” accused of misconduct.
From Slate ● Jan. 17, 2025
From his long experience in New York City, Dr. Wertham was convinced that eight out of ten psychoanalyses should not have been started, and that six out of ten were more harmful than helpful.
From Time Magazine Archive
The true-blue Freudians have only scorn for what Dr. Brill calls "societies and individuals who offer the public better, cheaper and quicker psychoanalyses."
From Time Magazine Archive
Marmor points out that even Freud complained that some psychoanalyses seemed interminable and made the patient emotionally dependent on the analyst.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The Catcher in the Rye
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Psychology
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