Arthur Janov

Arthur Janov (/dnv/; August 21, 1924 October 1, 2017), also known as Art Janov,[1] was an American psychologist,
psychotherapist, and writer. He gained notability as the creator of primal therapy, a treatment for mental illness that involves
repeatedly descending into, feeling, and experiencing long-repressed childhood pain.[2] Janov directed a psychotherapy institute
called the Primal Center in Santa Monica, California.

Arthur Janov
Born August 21, 1924
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Died October 1, 2017 (aged 93)

Malibu, California, U.S.

Other names Art Janov[1]

Alma mater University of California, Los Angeles

Claremont Graduate School

Years active 19522017

Known for Creator of Primal therapy

Notable work The Primal Scream

Spouse(s) Vivian Glickenstein (divorced, 1980)

France Daunic (1980-his death)

Janov was the author of many books, most notably The Primal Scream (1970).[1]

Early life
Arthur Janov was born in Los Angeles, California.[3] He received his B.A. and M.S.W. in psychiatric social work from the University of
California, Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. in psychology from Claremont Graduate School in 1960.[4]

Career
Janov originally practiced conventional psychotherapy in his native California.[3] He did an internship at the Hacker Psychiatric Clinic
in Beverly Hills, worked for the Veterans' Administration at Brentwood Neuropsychiatric Hospital and was in private practice from
1952 until his death in 2017.[3] He was also on the staff of the Psychiatric Department at Los Angeles Children's Hospital where he
was involved in developing their psychosomatic unit.[5]

In Janovs view, the repressed pain of traumatic childhood experiences eventually produces an emotionally damaged adult.[6] These
experiences include not only obvious physical and psychological injuries, but also subtle slights like parents' failure to comfort a
child.[6]

Janov wrote that his professional life changed in a single day in 1967 with the discovery of what he called "Primal Pain".[7][8] During a
therapy session, Janov heard what he describes as, "an eerie scream welling up from the depths of a young man lying on the floor".[9]
He developed primal therapy, in which clients are encouraged to re-live and express what Janov considers repressed memories and

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feelings.[10]

Janov's primal therapy became a cultural phenomenon in the 1960s and 1970s along with his work The Primal Scream published in
1971.[11][1] In response to primal therapy in 2016, Janov said: "We have 50 years of published material to the contrary. We have
several scientific articles in the journal Activitas Nervosa Superior, plus other journals. We do serious science and leave the
nonsense to others".[11]

The idea of The Primal Scream came when one of his patients told of a theatrical performance in which someone dressed in
diapers shouted "Mommy! Daddy! Mommy! Daddy!" throughout the act, then vomited, distributing plastic bags to the spectators and
later asking them to vomit as well.[1] Janov was fascinated by this and asked his patient to cry for his own "mommy" and "daddy".[1]

However, Janov's primal therapy was the source of controversy, with allegations that Janov used the treatment as a "cash-grab
scheme".[4] In response, Janov explained that "We take no salaries and no profits and have not in years. We have paid several
hundred thousand dollars for research to maintain our scientific integrity. We fund therapy for those who cannot afford it".[11]

Janov also listed homosexuality among the ailments that primal therapy could "cure", and continued to list it long after the American
Psychiatric Association declassified it as a psychiatric disorder in 1973.[4]

Janov's patients included musician John Lennon and artist Yoko Ono.[12][13]

Personal life
Janov was first married to Vivian Glickstein, but the marriage lasted briefly and ended in divorce.[10][3] He married France Daunic
later in 1980 and was married to her at the time of his death.[4][3] Janov had two children from his first marriage -- Rick Janov, a
primal therapist, and Ellen Janov, a child singer and actress who died in 1976 -- and a son, Xavier, from his second marriage.[4]

On October 1, 2017, Janov died in his sleep at the age of 93.[14][13] At the time of his death, Janov was suffering from a throat
disease which limited his ability to speak,[11] and was living in Malibu, California.[10][4]

Works
The Primal Scream (1970) ISBN 0-349-11829-9 - (revised 1999)
The Anatomy of Mental Illness ISBN 978-0-4250364-2-6 (1971)
The Primal Revolution: Toward a Real World (1972) ISBN 0-671-21641-4
The Feeling Child (1973) ISBN 0-349-11832-9
Primal Man: The new consciousness (1976) ISBN 0-690-01015-X
Prisoners of Pain (1980) ISBN 0-385-15791-6
Imprints: The Lifelong Effects of the Birth Experience (1984) ISBN 0-399-51086-9
New Primal Scream: Primal Therapy 20 Years on (1992) ISBN 0-942103-23-8
Why You Get Sick, How You Get Well: The Healing Power of Feelings (1996) ISBN 0-7871-0685-2
The Biology of Love (2000) ISBN 1-57392-829-1
Sexualit et subconscient : Perversions et dviances de la libido (2006) ISBN 2-268-05720-8
Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health (2006) ISBN 1-56414-916-1
The Janov Solution: Lifting Depression Through Primal Therapy (2007) ISBN 1-58501-111-8
Life Before Birth: The Hidden Script That Rules Our Lives (2011) ISBN 978-0-9836396-0-2

References
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1. ^ a b c d e f "The Primal Doctor" . Rolling Stone. February 18, 1971. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
2. ^ Janov, Arthur (1977). The Primal Scream. New York: Abacus. p. 40. ISBN 0-349-11834-5.

3. ^ a b c d e "Arthur Janov CEO" . Primal Therapy. Retrieved October 2, 2017.

4. ^ a b c d e f "Arthur Janov, American Psychologist Who Set the World Screaming, Dies at 93" . The New York Times. October 1,
2017. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
5. ^ Psychologists on the March , page 251

6. ^ a b "Does the Primal Scream Cure Neurosis? Arthur Janov Seeks to Validate His Controversial Therapy" . People. May 27,
1978. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
7. ^ Back-to-Back Fires Damage Analyst's Primal Institute , L.A. Times, 1989

8. ^ 'Primal therapy' this year's rage Boca Raton News, June 16, 1971

9. ^ Janov, Arthur. (1977). The Primal Scream. New York: Abacus. p. 9. ISBN 0-349-11834-5.

10. ^ a b c "Malibu Seen: Arthur Janov and Cindy Crawford" . Malibu Times. October 9, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2017.

11. ^ a b c d Oliver Hotham (February 22, 2016). "How Primal Scream Therapy Has Survived Five Decades of Strangeness and
Controversy" . Vice. Retrieved October 2, 2017.

12. ^ Goldman, Albert. (1988). The Lives of John Lennon. London: Guild Publishing. p. 381. ISBN None given.

13. ^ a b "Primalterapins uppfinnare Arthur Janov dd" (in Swedish). Dagens Nyheter. October 2, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.

14. ^ "Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition: The Simple Truth is Revolutionary" . Cogogne News. October 2, 2017.
Retrieved October 2, 2017.

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External links
Quotations related to Primal therapy at Wikiquote
Dr Arthur Janov's Primal Center

Janov's Reflections on the Human Condition Arthur Janov's Blog

Grand DelusionsPsychotherapies Without Feeling (2005) unpublished manuscript available at the Primal Center's website
Life Before Birth website

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