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Depth psychology

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    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. uncountable, usually

    "Depth psychology now probably has more influence on the U.S. at large through business and advertising than through clinics or mental-health programs."

  2. 2
    a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud wordnet

Etymology

From the German Tiefenpsychologie, reportedly coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939).

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