ABREACT
- the expression and emotional discharge of unconscious material (as a repressed idea or emotion) by verbalization especially in the presence of a therapist
- to remove by abreaction
- to release repressed emotions by reliving the original traumatic experience [v ABREACTED, ABREACTING, ABREACTS]
- to treat post-traumatic stress through abreaction (reliving the traumatic experience) [v -ED, -ING, -S]