noun
- a person trained in psychoanalysis who treats mental and emotional disorders by analyzing unconscious thoughts and feelings
Examples
- The psychoanalyst helped her understand her childhood fears.
- He decided to become a psychoanalyst after studying Freud’s theories.
- The patient met with her psychoanalyst twice a week.
- Many psychoanalysts use dream interpretation in their practice.
- The famous psychoanalyst wrote several books about human behavior.
- She found a psychoanalyst who specialized in anxiety disorders.