abreaction
1
9.9
- noun
- /ˌeɪbriˈækʃən/
- Specialized
:
abreacción
- Abreaction, or venting, is used quite frequently.
Examples
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Yet during abreaction, at one point, she was acting out, holding the knife and doing the slashing.
Fiction book (1992) -
As I told you, after the initial abreaction there was the most dramatic improvement.
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But, hey, there is a school of thought that says a victim of induced abreaction...
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The need to feel connected may also be met in abreaction as a client begins to test the bounds of trust with a peer counselor.
Academic text (1997) -
If properly utilized, abreaction can produce relief of acute tension.
Academic text (1997) -
The idealizing need also may be met passively in abreaction.
Academic text (1997) -
Peer counselors need to be aware, and often are not, that transferential messages may be coded in abreaction monologues.
Academic text (1997) -
As with any other technical intervention, peer counselors need to carefully consider their motivations for initiating (or not initiating) abreaction in clients.
Academic text (1997) -
During therapy, she experienced an abreaction that allowed her to finally confront her past trauma.
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His emotional abreaction revealed deep-seated fears that he had never acknowledged before.
Synonyms
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8.2
A release of strong feelings that brings relief through art or therapy
A feeling of relief after expressing strong, held-back emotions
How Intense
- Informal
120
3.9
- Specialized
1
9.9
- Informal
16
4.3
230
3.4
∞
1.0
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word abreaction comes from the Latin parts ab- 'away' and action 'doing'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of 'doing away' with strong feelings by acting them out or reliving them, which is why abreaction means the release of emotional tension in therapy.