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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

“As a psychoanalyst or psychiatrist ages, we have the ability, through our own life experiences, to be more understanding and more aware,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 13, 2026

"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

“It seems to me there must be a psychoanalyst holed up somewhere in town who’d be good for Franny—I thought about that last night.”

From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger




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