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psychoanalysis vs. psychotherapy

psychoanalysis

noun

  1. a systematic structure of theories concerning the relation of conscious and unconscious psychological processes.
  2. a technical procedure for investigating unconscious mental processes and for treating psychoneuroses.

psychotherapy

noun

plural psychotherapies.
  1. the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a professional technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.