 The method eliminated the psychoanalytic doctrine of neutrality . Reich argued that the psychoanalytic taboos reinforced the neurotic taboos of the patient , and that he wanted his patients to see him as human . He would press his thumb or the palm of his hand hard ( and painfully ) on their jaws , necks , chests , backs , or thighs , aiming to dissolve their muscular , and thereby characterological , rigidity . He wrote that the purpose of the massage was to retrieve the repressed memory of the childhood situation that had caused the repression . If the session worked , he would see waves of pleasure move through their bodies , which he called the " orgasm reflex . " According to Sharaf , the twin goals of Reichian therapy were the attainment of this orgasm reflex during sessions and orgastic potency during intercourse . Reich briefly considered calling it " orgasmotherapy , " but thought better of it . 
