(1) Age regression was used to explore the perceived cause of symptoms, and abreaction of the associated emotions was encouraged.(2) All Freud says about her symptoms at this point is, u2018This process of abreaction certainly did her much goodu2019, with no mention of her leg pains having abated.(3) he was using dream abreaction to treat a schizoid patient(4) Like Karon's patient, they were often treated with hypnotic abreaction in which the patient was expected to re-live the moment of trauma with unrestrained emotions.(5) The abreaction experienced by this patient as well as her comments after termination of the session suggest that unblocking her emotional response, rather than her gut, was the main factor in her recovery.(6) During the Vietnam war, conversion disorders were seldom encountered as repressed memories, and abreactive treatments became a quaint historical artifact.(7) From my own experience, I can confirm that possession is certainly both abreactive and cathartic.(8) This would explain why alternating stimulation often initially produces powerful abreactions in traumatized patients.(9) Whenever there was no spontaneous response, the abreactive effect was induced by verbal stimulation.(10) One of the problems of abreactive therapy and recovered memory is the possibility of False Memory Syndrome.(11) Some survivors may only be able to do abreactive work on an inpatient basis in a safe and supportive environment.
