In psychoanalysis or psychodynamic therapy ... even those that may be thought of as “negative,” such as anger, frustration, criticism, or distrust. An old dictum, but still a cornerstone ...

The influence of analytic ideas in the humanities was considerable, with psychoanalytic literary and film criticism enjoying vogues. The core Freudian notion that human beings are inherently ...

Despite its uneasy toehold in academia, psychoanalytic criticism seems to come back with the regularity of the repressed. The Oedipal excesses of early Freudian critics may have faded from memory ...

Sign of the Times? The Future of Psychoanalytic Literary and Cultural Criticism in Changing Paradigms. International conference: Leuven, 31 January 2008 – 2 February 2008. Psychoanalysis has always ...

Psychoanalysis is an intimate relationship ... that he should communicate everything that occurs to him without criticism or selection. If the doctor behaves otherwise, he is throwing away ...

Self-criticism, when it isn’t useful in the way any self-correcting approach can be, is self-hypnosis. It is judgment as spell, or curse, not as conversation; it is an order, not a negotiation; it is ...

Psychoanalysis revolves around the belief you have unconscious thoughts, feelings, desires, and memories that affect how you behave and see the world. It's a type of mental health therapy. It's ...