Therapeutic uses of humor

|October 1, 1986

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.

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