transactional psychotherapy

psychotherapy that emphasizes the daily interactions between the client and others in his or her life. Transactional analysis is a specific type of therapy that is based on types of transactions that are considered dysfunctional.

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May 8th 2024

midbrain

n. a relatively small region of the upper brainstem that connects the forebrain and hindbrain. It contains the tectum (and associated inferior and superior colliculi), tegmentum, and substantia nigra. Also called mesencephalon.