Activity–Passivity: Dynamics of Human Agency
The activity–passivity polarity is a foundational psychological construct that evaluates human agency, ego functioning, and...
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Psychological Dictionary
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Active Analytic Therapy: Psychoanalysis in Motion
Active analytic psychotherapy is a psychodynamic treatment modality that integrates the uncovering techniques of psychoanalysis...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Acting Out: Behavioral Enactments of Psychic Pain
Acting out is a defense mechanism and clinical construct in which unconscious psychic conflicts, trauma,...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Acting In: Resistance Within the Analytic Frame
Explore the psychoanalytic concept of acting in: its theoretical roots, manifestations within the therapeutic frame,...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Abstinence Rule: Boundaries in Psychoanalysis
The abstinence rule is a core psychoanalytic principle established by Sigmund Freud, requiring clinicians to...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Abreaction: Unlocking Emotional Catharsis
Abreaction is the psychoanalytic process of reviving and discharging repressed traumatic memories along with their...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti
Abnormal Fixation: Dynamics of Stalled Gaze & Mind
Explore abnormal fixation across psychoanalytic theory, cognitive neuroscience, and neuro-ophthalmology, examining developmental arrest, attentional rigidity,...
October 5, 2026
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Dr. Mohammed Looti