It is used in therapy and literature ... Freud also believed that catharsis could play an important role in relieving symptoms of distress. According to Freud’s psychoanalytic theory, the ...

“That show was 20 years of therapy wrapped into 10 episodes ... Calling the experience “cathartic,” Aniston explained how playing a character in the limelight had given her space to ...

Letting out a scream can be cathartic — and according to proponents ... The science on it is light, but “scream therapy” — also called primal scream therapy — is, in fact, a thing.