title: Therapeutic uses of humor.
abstract: This paper examines psychological aspects of humor, leading into a review of the role of humor in psychotherapy. Constructive and destructive aspects of humor in psychotherapy are listed and brief clinical examples from a case given.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D005619:Freudian Theory; D006801:Humans; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D011575:Psychoanalytic Therapy / Q000379:methods; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic