training analysis

psychoanalysis of a trainee analyst. Its purpose is not only to provide training in the concepts and techniques of psychoanalysis but also to increase insight into personal sensitivities or other emotional reactions that might interfere with the process of analyzing patients in the form of a countertransference.

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Psychology term of the day

May 8th 2024

manoptoscope

n. a hollow cone used for measuring eye dominance. The observer views a small target by placing the base of the cone near the eyes and then viewing the target through the small end of the cone while closing first one eye and then the other. The eye through which the target is actually seen is the dominant eye.