Medical Definition of Anaclitic psychotherapy

1. A psychotherapeutic method characterised by encouragement and utilization of the patient's tendency to depend and lean upon the therapist as an authority figure; often contrasted with psychoanalytic therapy, which seeks to dissolve, rather than exploit, this phenomenon. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Anaclitic Psychotherapy

anachronistically
anachronous
anachronously
anacidity
Anacin III
anaclasis
anaclastic
anaclastics
anaclinal
anaclises
anaclisis
anaclitic
anaclitic
anaclitic depression
anaclitic depression
anaclitic psychotherapy (current term)
anacmesis
anacolutha
anacoluthia
anacoluthic
anacoluthically
anacoluthon
anacoluthons
anaconda
anaconda
anacondas
anacreontic
anacreontics
anacrotic
anacrotic limb

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