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abreacción catártica

English translation: cathartic abreaction

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Spanish term or phrase:abreacción catártica
English translation:cathartic abreaction

00:31 Apr 23, 2011
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-04-26 23:54:14 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Psychology / profesión u oficio: Ende
Spanish term or phrase: abreacción catártica
One of the topics in a syllabus that I'm translating. I translated the wiki definition into English and I'm asking a psych prof at OHSU about it too, so I'll let you all know how she chimes in. However, if anyone knows, I'd be grateful!
Helen Eby
United States
Local time: 02:58
cathartic abreaction
Explanation:
I'll confess that I've never heard the two words in the same phrase before, but there were 507 hits on the Internet.

... psychoanalysis and an advocate instead of physical methods of treatment in psychiatry — rediscovered **the method of cathartic abreaction** that Breuer and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0226477665...
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Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:58
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3 +4cathartic abreaction
Muriel Vasconcellos
3 +3cathartic abreaction
DLyons


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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
cathartic abreaction


Explanation:
Seems to be a standard phrase from Freud?


    Reference: http://www.google.ie/search?q=%22cathartic+abreaction%22&hl=...
DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 10:58
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
36 mins
  -> Thanks Barbara.
agree  Joseph Tein: You're right of course, and so's Muriel :)
1 hr
  -> Thanks Joseph.
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: I returning the courtesy, though, as I said, I'm not wildly convinced that this is the final answer.
2 hrs
  -> Thanks Muriel.
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +4
cathartic abreaction


Explanation:
I'll confess that I've never heard the two words in the same phrase before, but there were 507 hits on the Internet.

... psychoanalysis and an advocate instead of physical methods of treatment in psychiatry — rediscovered **the method of cathartic abreaction** that Breuer and ...
books.google.com/books?isbn=0226477665...

Muriel Vasconcellos
United States
Local time: 02:58
Meets criteria
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 99
Grading comment
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  DLyons: Think I'd have to agree with you there Muriel :-)
6 mins
  -> Thanks for the 'agree' - I'm not terribly convinced, but I can see that we're on the same track. Of course, I didn't see your answer; I was working on mine.
agree  Barbara Cochran, MFA
35 mins
  -> Thanks, Barbara!
agree  Joseph Tein: The word "cathartic" is really superfluous since abreaction (from the German "abreagierung") involves working off/discharging old feelings or "unfinished business".
1 hr
  -> Thanks, Joseph. That may explain why I never heard the two terms together (I have two psychiatrists in the family).
agree  Constantinos Faridis (X): obviamente
4 hrs
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