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primal therapy
primal therapyn. A method of psychotherapy in which patients relive traumatic early childhood experiences and express resulting painful feelings, sometimes by loud crying or screaming. primal therapy n (Psychology) psychol a form of psychotherapy in which patients are encouraged to scream abusively about their parents and agonizingly about their own suffering in infancy. Also called: primal scream therapy or scream therapy [C20: from the book The Primal Scream (1970) by Arthur Janov, US psychologist, who originated the treatment]pri′mal ther′apy
n. a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis. [1970–75, Amer.] primal therapy
A means of helping people to come to terms with negative experiences of childhood.
primal therapy
primal therapyn. A method of psychotherapy in which patients relive traumatic early childhood experiences and express resulting painful feelings, sometimes by loud crying or screaming. A type of psychotherapy based on the belief that many mental problems in adults are due to unresolved childhood conflicts, which are attributed to emotional, physical, or sexual abuse; the patient is encouraged to vent, and express emotional and mental pain by screamingPrimal therapyA form of humanistic therapy that originated in the 1970s. Participants were encouraged to relive painful events and release feelings through screaming or crying rather than analysis.Mentioned in: Human-Potential Movement |