Synonyms and antonyms of Psychology and psychoanalysis in British Thesaurus

ambivert (noun)

someone who has a balance of the characteristics of an introvert and an extrovert

analyse (verb)

to examine someone’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour as a way of understanding and dealing with their emotional or mental problems

analysis (noun)

the process of examining someone’s thoughts, feelings, and behaviour as a way of understanding and dealing with their emotional or mental problems

analyst (noun)

a doctor who helps people with mental or emotional problems by listening to them talk about their experiences and feelings

analyze ()

the American spelling of analyse

automaticity (noun)

the ability to perform tasks automatically

aversion therapy (noun)

a treatment to change someone’s behaviour or get rid of a bad habit by giving them an unpleasant experience every time they behave in a particular way or do a particular thing

CBT (noun)

cognitive behavioural therapy: a way of treating psychological problems that attempts to help people change both ways of thinking and ways of behaving

collective unconscious (noun)

the part of the mind that some people believe contains ideas, images, and memories that all people have because they were born with them

consciousness (noun)

someone’s mind and thoughts

couch (noun)

a long piece of furniture like a bed that someone lies on while talking about their mental problems with a psychiatrist

ego (noun)

in psychology, the conscious part of the mind that is responsible for thinking and understanding

free association (noun)

in psychology, a connection that you make in your mind between things that are not similar to each other in an obvious way

Freudian (adjective)

relating to the ideas and methods of the psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, especially his theories about people’s subconscious thoughts and feelings

Gestalt psychology (noun)

a form of psychology that considers behaviour, feelings, beliefs etc as part of a greater whole, not as simple and separate reactions

group therapy (noun)

a treatment for people with emotional problems in which they come together in a group to discuss their problems and possible solutions with a trained therapist

head (noun)

your mind and thoughts

id (noun)

in psychology, the part of your mind that is unconscious and has hidden wants and needs

internal (adjective)

existing or happening inside your mind

intersubjectivity (noun)

the fact of existing between or being shared by more than one conscious mind

mental (adjective)

existing in the mind

mental (adjective)

relating to the mind

mental (adjective)

relating to the health of the mind, or illnesses of the mind

mental health (noun)

the condition of your mind

mental health (noun)

connected with mental health or the treatment of mental health problems

neurolinguistic programming (noun)

a way of changing the relationship between someone’s mind and language in order to affect their behaviour; also called NLP

NLP (noun)

linguistics neurolinguistic programming: a way of changing the relationship between someone’s mind and language in order to affect their behaviour

Oedipus complex (noun)

an unconscious sexual feeling that a son has towards his mother, at the same time hating his father

othering (noun)

treating people from another group as essentially different from and generally inferior to the group you belong to

pathological (adjective)

pathological behaviour or feelings are not based on reason and cannot be controlled by the person experiencing them

pop psychology (noun)

showing disapproval explanations of situations and feelings that use ideas from psychology in a way that seems silly or too simple

psyche (noun)

the part of your mind that controls your attitudes and behaviour

psychiatrist (noun)

a doctor who treats people with mental illnesses

psychiatry (noun)

the study and treatment of mental illness

psychic (adjective)

connected with your mind rather than your body

psycho- (prefix)

connected with your mind: used with some nouns and adjectives

psychoanalyse (verb)

a British spelling of psychoanalyze

psychoanalysis (noun)

medical treatment in which someone talks to a psychoanalyst about their feelings in order to understand their own behaviour better, or to solve their mental problems

psychoanalyst (noun)

a doctor whose job is to talk to people about their feelings and help them to understand their behaviour or solve their mental problems

psychoanalyze (verb)

to treat someone who is unhappy or has mental problems by using psychoanalysis

psychobabble (noun)

informalshowing disapproval a way of talking about feelings that sounds scientific

psychodrama (noun)

medical a treatment for mental illness in which people act in situations that can help them to understand their problems

psychological (adjective)

involving or affecting your mind

psychological (adjective)

caused by your feelings or thoughts

psychological (adjective)

connected with the study of how your mind works

psychologist (noun)

someone who studies how people’s minds work and how this affects their behaviour

psychology (noun)

the study of the mind and how it affects behaviour

psychology (noun)

the way that the mind affects behaviour in a particular person or group of people

psychology (noun)

the ability to understand the way that people think, that helps you to make people do what you want

psychometric (adjective)

measuring a person’s ability to think, especially in order to judge how suitable they are for a particular job

psychosomatic (adjective)

connected with the relationship between your mind and physical illness

psychotherapist (noun)

someone who is trained to treat people with a mental illness by talking to them rather than by giving them drugs

psychotherapy (noun)

the treatment that a psychotherapist provides

Rorschach test (noun)

a test of someone’s personality in which they say what shapes they see in large spots of ink

self (noun)

who you are and what you think and feel, especially the conscious feeling of being separate and different from other people

shrink (noun)

informal a psychiatrist. Some people think that this word does not show respect.

stability (noun)

a condition in which someone’s mind or emotional state is healthy

subconscious (noun)

the part of your mind that contains thoughts and feelings that you do not think about, or do not realize you have

superego (noun)

a word used in Freudian psychology to refer to your conscience (=the part of your mind that tells you what is right or wrong)

therapist (noun)

someone whose job is to help people with physical, mental, or emotional problems, using a particular type of therapy

unconscious (noun)

the part of your mind that contains unconscious thoughts and feelings that influence your behaviour