the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means

subject to psychoanalytic treatment

the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.

a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression

of or relating to cathexis

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

(psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training)