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democratic parenting

a parenting style, derived from the ideas of Alfred Adler, in which the parent guides the child’s development in an accepting but steady manner and fosters a climate in which cooperation, fairness, equality, and mutual respect between parent and child are assumed.

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December 25th 2024

metapsychological profile

metapsychological profile

in psychoanalysis, a systematic profile of a patient’s intrapsychic functioning, in contrast to a mere list of symptoms; such a profile offers a picture of his or her entire personality. The technique was developed by Anna Freud in 1965.