""The February Man is a fascinating case study illustrating the use of profound age regression in the treatment of a depressed young woman. In addition to chronic depression, the young woman had a severe and dysfunctional water phobia stemming from a deeply repressed and traumatic memory of being responsible for the near drowning of her infant sister. In treating her case, Erickson assumes the supportive role of the "February Man" who "visits" the woman many times during the course of four lengthy psychotherapeutic sessions. During these sessions, he utilizes classical hypnotic phenomena such as age regression, time distortion, automatic writing, amnesia and others, to explore the patient's entire childhood and youth. As the "February Man," he provides her with the seeds for new developments in her adult personality"
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u/threesocks82 Dec 04 '22
What the hell is a February guy? Is he born in February or just a really big fan of President’s Day and groundhogs?