psychoanalytic theory
theory of personality organization developed by Sigmund Freud
castration anxiety
fear of emasculation in both the literal and metaphorical sense
foreclosure
concept in Lacanian psychoanalysis
transactional analysis
psychoanalytic theory and method of therapy
primal scene
fantasy by a child of a sex act between parents
penis envy
in Freudian psychoanalysis, the female psychosexual developmental stage when young girls experience anxiety upon realizing that they lack a penis; begins the transition from attachment to the mother to competition with the mother for the father
countertransference
relational aspect of psychoanalysis
subject of the unconscious
concept in Lacanian psychoanalysis
psychodynamics
approach to psychology
self psychology
school of psychoanalysis
paternal metaphor
concept in Lacanian psychoanalysis
autoeroticism
psychoanalysis
position
concept in the Kleinian theory
Jung's theory of neurosis
theoretical psychoanalytical system centered around symbols of the unconscious
psychosomatic phenomenon
physical symptom that is supposed to be the product of a mental illness
screen memory
in Freudian theories, distorted memory, generally of a visual rather than verbal nature, deriving from childhood
womb envy
emotion in men brought about by their lack of the female biologic capabilities