Primal Scream Therapy

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primal scream therapy

[prī′məl]

a nonmainstream form of psychotherapy developed by Arthur Janov that focuses on repressed pain of infancy or childhood. The goal of the therapy is to enable the patient to surrender his or her anxiety defenses and "become real."

Primal Scream Therapy

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 screaming

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