The primal scream

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Der Urschrei (Engl. The Primal Scream ) is the German-language title of the first book by the American psychologist Arthur Janov . It was published in various languages ​​in the early 1970s and received international attention. The primal scream is a psychology historically important and hotly debated in his day book, the basis for understanding the developed Janov Primal theory (Engl. Primal Theory is).

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In his first work, the author describes his experiences with some of his patients and his conclusions and considerations. On this basis he developed a new type of psychotherapeutic treatment method, which he called "Primal Therapy". Janov, who worked for a number of years as a psychotherapist in the Freudian direction, describes in the book how he came to the insight through reactions from patients that the discovery of what he called "primal pain" (" primary pain ", " primary pain ", " Primordial pain ") called phenomenon" could change the nature of psychotherapy as it is now known ". According to Janov, this phenomenon is responsible for a number of so-called physical and psychological impairments.

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The book had a significant influence on the zeitgeist of the 1970s and 1980s. Some works of popular culture are based on it. For example, the first album by John Lennon with the Plastic Ono Band ( John Lennon / Plastic Ono Band ) is a medial implementation of Lennon's personal experience of his primary therapy with Arthur Janov. A Scottish band named themselves after the original title of the book Primal Scream and the band Tears for Fears , popular in the 1980s, also processed impressions of primary therapy experiences in their first album The Hurting .

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“To the suffering neurotic who may think Primary Therapy is too great or too difficult to go through, I just want to say that the Herculean task is to be what you are not. To be yourself is the simplest thing. "

- Arthur Janov : 1970

literature

  • Arthur Janov: The primal scream. A New Path to Psychotherapy (Original title: The Primal Scream . Putnam, New York, NY 1970, translated by Margaret Carroux). Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-10-036701-4 ; as paperback: 1975, ISBN 3-436-02140-7 .
  • Arthur Janov: The new primal scream. Advances in Primary Therapy (Original title: The New Primal Scream. Primal Therapy 20 Years on , 1991, ISBN 0-942103-23-8 ). Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-596-11554-X .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ “A few years ago I heard something that would change the course of my professional life and that of my patients. What I heard may also change the nature of psychotherapy as it is now known - an eerie scream that erupted from deep within a young person lying on the floor during a therapeutic session. I can only compare the scream to what you might hear from someone who is murdered. This book is about the scream and its importance in revealing the secrets of neurosis. ”Arthur Janov in: Der Urschrei. A new way of psychotherapy. Sigmund Fischer-Verlag, November 1982. ISBN 3-10-036701-4 .

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