noun
- the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material, especially traumatic memories, typically occurring during psychotherapy
Usage: psychology; psychoanalysis
Examples
- The patient experienced several abreactions during the therapy session.
- Abreactions can be intense emotional releases of buried trauma.
- The therapist was trained to handle abreactions safely.
- His abreactions revealed memories he had long forgotten.
- The treatment aimed to facilitate healthy abreactions.
- Abreactions often occur when repressed emotions surface suddenly.