What is Catharsis and counselling?

Catharsis (from Greek katharsis, meaning "purification" or "cleansing" or "clarification") is the purification and purgation of emotions—particularly pity and fear—or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration.

The term catharsis has also been adopted by modern psychotherapy, particularly Freudian psychoanalysis, to describe the act of expressing, or more accurately, experiencing the deep emotions often associated with events in the individual's past that had originally been repressed or ignored, and had never been adequately addressed or experienced.

The term is used in therapy as well as in literature. The hero of a novel might experience an emotional catharsis that leads to some sort of restoration or renewal. The purpose of catharsis is to bring about some form of positive change in the individual's life.

The Catharsis Society is a movement that attracts people who want to become the heroes of their lives. This movement attracts individuals who need to be released from society's chains. Do you need to be free from the overwhelming, unreachable expectations that are placed on you by society?