lay analyst

American  

noun

1. a psychoanalyst who does not have a medical degree.

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lay analyst British  

noun

1. a person without medical qualifications who practises psychoanalysis

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Etymology

Origin of lay analyst

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

From my perspective as a longtime, but lay, analyst of climate science, my sense is she has it right.

From New York Times

Barkouras' successful defense: he was a lay analyst and needed no license.

From Time Magazine Archive

Born in 1552, the self-educated country bumpkin who set up shop in London as an astrologer and unlicensed doctor soon became a kind of lay analyst to a cross-section of his society.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lindner, dubbed a "lay analyst" by the Brahmins of psychiatry because he is a Ph.D. but no M.D., is a practicing analyst in Baltimore.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dramatic coach, lay analyst, and wife of the Actors' Studio's Lee Strasberg, Paula stayed close to her ward, nib bled away at a large palmetto fan, sent notes around the set on postcards that pictured an ax and a chopping block.

From Time Magazine Archive