He quoted Nathaniel Thornton , who compared abreaction to confession .
Jeff Jacobsen compared auditing for engrams in Scientology to the Freudian psychoanalytic concept of abreaction , equating engrams to the painful subconscious memories that abreaction therapy brings up to the conscious mind .
Jeff Jacobsen quoted Nathaniel Thornton , who compared abreaction to confession .
Jeff Jacobsen compared auditing for engrams in Scientology to the Freudian psychoanalytic concept of abreaction , equating engrams to the painful subconscious memories that abreaction therapy brings up to the conscious mind .