hypnodrama

n. a technique of psychodrama in which a hypnotic state is induced and the client, or protagonist, is encouraged to act out his or her relationships and traumatic experiences with the aid of auxiliary egos. Hypnodrama might be used to overcome a client’s resistance to dramatizing his or her problems in conscious psychodrama and to stimulate the revival of past incidents and emotional scenes in their full intensity. The technique is rarely used now. [introduced in 1959 by Jacob L. Moreno]

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February 22nd 2025

limophthisis

n. the physical and mental signs of emaciation caused by severe undernourishment.