English Explanatory Dictionary

depth psychology

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An approach to psychology which attempts to describe and explain the structure, content, and relationship of conscious and unconscious mental activity, and which is intended to serve as a basis for psychoanalytic therapies.

Word forms

depth psychology depth psychologies depth-psychology

Etymology

From the German Tiefenpsychologie, reportedly coined by Eugen Bleuler (1857-1939).

Related words

behaviorism
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