unilateral couple counseling

the counseling of one partner on his or her relationship to the other. Even when only one partner participates in counseling, the focus is on the partners’ relationship. See also couples counseling.

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January 11th 2025

deficiency motivation

in Abraham Maslow’s humanistic psychology, the type of motivation operating on the lower four levels of his hierarchy of needs (see Maslow’s motivational hierarchy). Deficiency motivation is characterized by the striving to correct a deficit that may be physiological or psychological in nature. Compare metamotivation.