psychoanalyst

[sahy-koh-an-l-ist]

noun

1. a person trained to practice psychoanalysis.

Word History and Origins

Origin of psychoanalyst¹

First recorded in 1910–15; psycho- + analyst

Example Sentences

Even as he tries to stay ahead and stay alive, Gabriel reflects on his sessions with his psychoanalyst, Katerina Haas, who helps him differentiate between his “true self” and “false self.”

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During the investigation into the My Lai atrocities, Hersh recalls, his wife, Elizabeth — a psychoanalyst to whom he’s been married for more than 60 years — helped keep him from breaking down.

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"These groups are the equivalent of the bistro counter – but with more people," said psychoanalyst Patrick Avrane, author of a book on attitudes to crime.

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Schildkraut had initially planned to become a psychoanalyst but completed training just as tricyclic antidepressants came into use.

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The author is a psychiatrist/psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City and teaches psychiatry residents as a clinical assistant professor of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.

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