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psychoanalyst

[sahy-koh-an-l-ist] / ˌsaɪ koʊˈæn l ɪst /


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One often feels with Hitchcock that beneath the director of thrillers dwells a frustrated psychoanalyst, eager to penetrate the hidden depths of the human personality.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

“Halfway through my researches,” he writes, “I was told by Maradona’s psychoanalyst that I was in the process of finding out more about Diego than he knew himself.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 4, 2026

During the investigation into the My Lai atrocities, Hersh recalls, his wife, Elizabeth — a psychoanalyst to whom he’s been married for more than 60 years — helped keep him from breaking down.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2025

"These groups are the equivalent of the bistro counter – but with more people," said psychoanalyst Patrick Avrane, author of a book on attitudes to crime.

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2025

"You mean to go to a psychoanalyst and all?"

From "The Catcher in the Rye" by J. D. Salinger


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