Rarely, it may serve as a base to which the interviewer can return, if the emotional impact of the latter material is too threatening. Upsetting life experiences serve to inhibit or subvert effective and satisfying coping with present life situations. This is consistent with what the Greeks referred to as emotional catharsis. The videotape version, is primarily intended for supervised administration by a trained professional as an adjunct to individual counseling, therapy or industrial consultations. The dynamic nature of the stimulus, when presented by videotape in full color, reaches well beyond the limitations of traditional projective techniques.
Television is an almost universal form of entertainment.
There is a television set in almost every home. It is a part of our everyday lives and, therefore, non-threatening. Robert Kubey and Michaly Csikszentmihally report that when watching television there is an altered state of consciousness with reduced concentration and heightened passivity. This makes it possible to employ principles known by hypnotists. Specifically people under a hypnotic trance or altered state of consciousness can respond to questions that they might not be able to in a normal conscious state.