depth psychology
nounEtymology
From the German Tiefenpsychologie, reportedly coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939).
- derived from Tiefenpsychologie
Definitions
An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content,…
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.
- Depth psychology now probably has more influence on the U.S. at large through business and advertising than through clinics or mental-health programs.
- Mr Waterfield's long book traces the history of hypnosis from its discovery by Franz Anton Mesmer . . . who has been both derided as a self-seeking charlatan and praised as the forerunner of depth psychology.
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