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release therapy

American

noun

Psychiatry.

psychotherapy in which the patient finds emotional release in the expression of hostilities and emotional conflicts.

Etymology

Origin of release therapy

First recorded in 1945–50

Example Sentences

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Fortune describes making music as "release therapy," a deeply personal process in which he can work through the noise building in his brain.

From The Verge • Mar. 19, 2016

In an interview with MTV about his recent album To Pimp a Butterfly, Kendrick said bluntly, “My release therapy is writing the music.”

From Time • May 14, 2015

Once the season starts, I work out two to three times a week and then also . . . massages twice a week . . . active release therapy, I do that.

From Washington Post • Jan. 31, 2012

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