1. relating to or using psychoanalysis, a method of treating mental illness by exploring unconscious thoughts and feelings

Examples

• The therapist used psychoanalytical techniques to help her patient understand childhood trauma.
• His psychoanalytical approach focused on interpreting dreams and unconscious desires.
• The novel offers a psychoanalytical examination of the main character’s motivations.
• She studied psychoanalytical theory in her graduate psychology program.
• The psychoanalytical session lasted for fifty minutes.
• Critics argued that his psychoanalytical interpretation was too speculative.