surface therapy

psychotherapy directed toward relieving the client’s symptoms and emotional stress through such measures as reassurance, suggestion, and direct attempts to modify attitudes and behavior patterns, rather than through exploration and analysis of unconscious motivation and underlying dynamics. Compare depth therapy.

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February 2nd 2025

craze

n. see fad.