Until recently, the use of humour in therapy has been both decried and demeaned. However, Sigmund Freud was an active joke-teller and used wit in many interacti

In their first volume on this topic, the editors bring together the pioneers and innovators in the field to share their scholarship and techniques. The result i

Most of us laugh at something funny multiple times during a typical day. Humor serves multiple purposes, and although there is a sizable and expanding research

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Humor, a topic that engaged Sigmund Freud both early and late in his career, is richly intertwined with character, with creativity, and with the theory and prac