Words Have A Magical Power They

The sentiment is consistent with Sigmund Freud's Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis (1917), where he reflects extensively on the therapeutic power of verbal articulation — the analytic "talking cure" — and on the capacity of words to release or intensify emotional states. However, this exact formulation has not been traced to a specific passage. Freud's clinical theory rested on the premise that the right words at the right moment (interpretation) could dissolve symptoms, while the wrong internal narrative could maintain them. The paraphrase accurately summarises his practice even if it condenses his views.