verb
- to release repressed emotions or memories, especially through psychotherapy
Usage: psychology; present participle of abreact
Examples
- The patient was abreacting childhood trauma during the therapy session.
- She found herself abreacting years of buried anger.
- The therapist guided him through abreacting his war experiences.
- Abreacting these memories helped her process the grief.
- He was abreacting intense emotions from his past.
- The counselor noticed she was abreacting during hypnosis.