Catharsis vs. Therapeutic

Catharsisnoun

(drama) A release of emotional tension after an overwhelming vicarious experience, resulting in the purging or purification of the emotions, as through watching a dramatic production (especially a tragedy).

Catharsisnoun

Any release of emotional tension to the same effect, more widely.

Catharsisnoun

A purification or cleansing, especially emotional.

Catharsisnoun

(psychology) A therapeutic technique to relieve tension by re-establishing the association of an emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and then eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).

Catharsisnoun

(medicine) Purging of the digestive system.

Catharsisnoun

A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

Catharsisnoun

The process of relieving an abnormal excitement by reëstablishing the association of the emotion with the memory or idea of the event that first caused it, and of eliminating it by complete expression (called the abreaction).

Catharsisnoun

(psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions

Catharsisnoun

purging the body by the use of a cathartic to stimulate evacuation of the bowels

Catharsis

Catharsis (from Greek κάθαρσις, katharsis, meaning or or ) is the purification and purgation of emotions—particularly pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration. It is a metaphor originally used by Aristotle in the Poetics, comparing the effects of tragedy on the mind of a spectator to the effect of catharsis on the body.

Therapeuticadjective

Of, or relating to therapy.

Therapeuticadjective

Having a positive effect on the body or mind.

Therapeuticnoun

(medicine) A therapeutic agent

Therapeuticadjective

Of or pertaining to the healing art; concerned in discovering and applying remedies for diseases; curative.

Therapeuticnoun

One of the Therapeutæ.

Therapeuticadjective

tending to cure or restore to health;

Therapeuticadjective

relating to or involved in therapy;

Therapeuticadjective

relating to the healing of disease

Therapeuticadjective

administered or applied for reasons of health

Therapeuticadjective

having a good effect on the body or mind; contributing to a sense of well-being

Therapeuticnoun

the branch of medicine concerned with the treatment of disease and the action of remedial agents.

Therapeuticnoun

a treatment, therapy, or drug