Артур Жанов: Травмалық Естеліктерді Жаңарту және Алғашқы Қайғының Терапиясы

American psychologist, psychotherapist and writer
Janov was the author of many books, most notably The Primal Scream (1970), as well as The Biology of Love and Life Before Birth: The Hidden Script That Rules our Lives.

Arthur Janov was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Boyle Heights, a low income neighborhood east of Downtown L. A., populated mainly by Jews, Latinos, Russian and Slavic immigrants. 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. 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. In Janov's view, the repressed pain of traumatic childhood experiences eventually produces an emotionally damaged adult. Janov wrote that his professional life changed in a single day in 1967 with the discovery of what he called "Primal Pain". 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". He developed primal therapy, in which clients are encouraged to re live and express what Janov considered repressed memories and feelings. Janov's primal therapy became a cultural phenomenon in the 1970s and 1980s along with his work The Primal Scream (1970). In response, Janov stated 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". For several years, Janov suffered from a throat disease which limited his ability to speak. At the time of his death, he was living in Malibu, California.

The Inner Revolution (1971 / 85 min) A personal account of primal therapy by Gil Toff. Primal Therapy: In Search of the Real You (1976 / 19 min)) A Canadian documentary. Primalterapi: vintern 1977 (1978 / 130 min) A Swedish 3 part documentary by Gerard Röhl. Arthur Janov's Primal Therapy (2018 / 45 min) An associative view by Ulf Kjell Gür.