Psychological Terms – Analyst
​A professional who conducts psychoanalytic treatment, guiding an individual (the analysand) in exploring unconscious impulses, emotional conflicts, and symbolic processes.
The analyst listens to free associations, interprets dreams, investigates transference and resistance, and seeks to uncover buried psychological material that shapes behavior and relationships.
They are trained in psychoanalytic theory and technique, often through supervised clinical work and their own personal analysis.