Arthur Janov was a psychologist and psychotherapist who created primal therapy, a treatment for mental illness centered on repeatedly descending into, feeling, and expressing long-repressed childhood pain. His groundbreaking work emerged from a profound therapeutic encounter in 1967, where he witnessed and later articulated the concept of Primal Pain. Janov developed a therapeutic approach that encourages clients to relive and vocalize deeply buried emotions, offering a path to healing through cathartic expression.
The culmination of more than 30 years of research in human psychology, this text clearly explains how to access the deepest levels of the brain, where imprinted memories and pain lie, and fully relive the primal experiences that drive behavior in order to improve health.
When THE PRIMAL SCREAM was published in 1970 it caused an international sensation. In introduced a revolutionary new approach to psychological thinking- Primal Therapy, which encourages patients to relive core experiences instead of taking refuge from reality in a comfortable half-world of neurosis. Twenty years on, THE NEW PRIMAL SCREAM takes the theory even further, showing that repressed pain is bad not only for mental but also for physical health. Citing case histories, Dr Janov shows how the application of his therapy has helped victims of incest and other abuse overcome subsequent illness. The implications are as devastating as the therapy is revolutionary.THE NEW PRIMAL SCREAM discusses and reaches some startling conclusions about illness and Primal Therapy, exploring; *Primal the great hidden secrets, * the gates of the brain and loss of feeling, *How early experience is imprinted, *Illness as the silent scream, *Sex, sensuality and sexuality, *The role of weeping in psychotherapy, *Why we have to relive our childhood to get well.
Explores the underlying unconscious forces that wear the human body down and cause illness, revealing the sources of self-destructive behavior and including special chapters on suicide, depression, migraines, and immune diseases
Das geheime Drehbuch, das unser Leben bestimmt
Le Cri primal est la description originale d'une découverte extraordinaire ouvrant une ère de compréhension des maladies mentales et des motivations les plus profondes de l'être humain. Best-seller dès sa parution aux Etats-Unis en 1970, il a été acclamé par les professionnels de nombreux pays comme le livre le plus important dans l'histoire de la psychologie, car pour la première fois, la nature de la névrose est révélée ainsi que son traitement et sa guérison. La découverte de la thérapie primale est un événement capital pour ceux qui souffrent. Ils peuvent enfin commencer à vivre de façon saine ; ils ne connaissent plus les drogues, l'alcool, les cigarettes, les insomnies, les dépressions, les perversions, ils n'ont plus une existence décousue ou une tension permanente, ils peuvent profiter de la vie et de ce qu'elle leur offre. Le docteur Janov a découvert les dynamiques scientifiques de notre monde interne, et a mis au point une thérapie qui découle naturellement de la compréhension de ces dynamiques.
