A short introduction to psychoanalysis.BF173 2003-115328 0-7619-7186-6 A short introduction to psychoanalysis. Milton, Jane, et al. (Short introductions to the therapy professions) Sage Publications This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. , [c]2004 192 p. $79.95 The authors describe psychoanalysis as not only as a form of psychotherapy psychotherapy, treatment of mental and emotional disorders using psychological methods. Psychotherapy, thus, does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. but as a body of theory about the mind and a method of observing and investigating mental processes. They describe the history of psychoanalysis, give biographies of leading theorists and practitioners, examine how the discipline has fared across cultures, recount the reactions of its critics, and show how it is applied outside the consulting room consulting room Noun a room in which a doctor sees patients consulting room n (BRIT) → consulta, consultorio consulting room . They also discuss how research is conducted, how psychoanalysis relates to other psychotherapies This is an alphabetical List of Psychotherapies. It is an incomplete list and new or minor approaches are still being added. See the main article Psychotherapy for a description of what psychotherapy is and how it developed. , and how psychoanalysts work in their profession. |
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