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.
Famed psychotherapist Arthur Janov explores the profound impact of love on psychological and physical health in this groundbreaking work. Drawing from extensive clinical experience and research in psychology and neurology, he presents a unified theory linking love to personality development and well-being. Janov reveals how love's enduring biological effects shape brain structure and chemistry, particularly during fetal development and childhood, highlighting its critical role in overall 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
Fortschritte in der Primärtherapie
Arthur Janov, Erfinder des »Urschreis«, zieht nach mehr als 20 Jahren Praxis mit der von ihm begründeten Primärtherapie Bilanz. Viele seiner Konzepte haben wissenschaftlicher Überprüfung standgehalten. Seine Kernthese von der Neurosenentstehung durch Verdrängung frühkindlichen Primärschmerzes ist unverändert Grundlage der Janovschen Therapie.
