When working with one of his female patients, Josef Breuer discovers that she is able to resolve many of her symptoms by remembering and reliving the emotional aspects of previously forgotten memories. This therapeutic use of verbal expression is referred to as the ____ method.
A) association
B) memory
C) hypnotic
D) cathartic

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The method discovered by Josef Breuer, where a patient resolves symptoms by remembering and reliving the emotional aspects of previously forgotten memories through verbal expression, is referred to as the cathartic method. This approach laid foundational concepts for psychoanalysis.

When Working with One of His Female Patients, Josef Breuer