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

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anachronizes
anachronizing
anachronous
anachronously
anacidity
anaclases
anaclasis
anaclastic
anaclastics
anaclinal
anaclises
anaclisis
anaclitic
anaclitic depression
anaclitic psychotherapy (current term)
anaclitisms
anacmesis
anacoenosis
anacoloutha
anacolouthon
anacolouthons
anacolpate
anacolutha
anacoluthia
anacoluthias
anacoluthic
anacoluthically
anacoluthon

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