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April, 2008
  1. Wie man Babys den besten Start ins Leben ermöglicht (Törngren)

  2. The Trauma of Being Awake During Surgery - (Speyrer)

  3. Holding Time - (Welch) Book Review (Speyrer)

  4. Peri-natal Themes of Death & Dying in the Art of Edvard Munch (Speyrer) -

  5. Birth Trauma and Its Relation to Mental Illness, Suicide and Ecstasy - (Grof)

  6. Las Necesidades Del Recien Nacido En Las Primares Horas De Vida - (Törngren)

  7. H. R. Giger and the Zeitgeist of the Twentieth Century - (Grof)

  8. The Origins of the Fear of Death & Dying: The Thoughts of Frank Lake, M.D. (Speyrer)

  9. Panic Attacks: Symptoms & Dangers
    Their Origins in Early Traumas
    - (Speyrer)

  10. The Biology of Emotions: Self-Help for Anxiety and Depression - (Van Winkle)

  11. The Origins of Homosexuality: Insights From The Deep Feeling Psychotherapies (Speyrer)


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Primal Therapy was discovered by Arthur Janov, Ph.D., in the late 1960s. (Did Janov Really Discover Primal Therapy?) With E. Michael Holden, M.D., a neurologist and at that time, medical director of the Primal Institute, Dr. Janov formulated a rich body of knowledge relating to why and how primal therapy works (See the bibliography reference below for a listing of Dr. Janov's writings).

Criticized by some because he does not reveal his techniques for inducing primal regression, Janov has steadfastly insisted that dissemination of this information into the hands of the untrained is dangerous.

A clinical psychologist and successful songwriter, Dr. Janov, in his eighties, presently operates the Primal Training Center in Venice, California. His book, Sexualité et la Subconscient was published in France 2006. It will soon be published in the U.S. as Sex and the Subsconscious. In January, 2008, The Janov Solution: Lifting Depression Through Primal Therapy (book review) was released.

The first primal center was the Primal Institute, which for many years was associated with its founder. The center is presently operated by Dr. Janov's former wife, Vivian Janov. The institute earlier published the Primal Therapy Journal and still publishes The Primal Institute Newsletter. To view a less than complete listing of its articles, click on index.

Since the late 1960s many articles and books have been written about primal therapy. Stephen Khamsi, Ph.D., a primal therapist in San Francisco, California, has compiled such a bibliography.


Book reviews - 132 book and movie reviews relating to the deep regressive psychotherapies


Therapists & Training
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What's On the Primal Page
Date
Type
Content
Author
02/21/08
Article
Epilepsy and Primal Pain
John A. Speyrer
01/09/08
Reflections Section
Maternal Bad News in the First Trimester Leads to Increased Susceptibility to Later Schizophrenia
John A. Speyrer
01/29/08
Book Review
The Janov Solution: Lifting Depression Through Primal Therapy
by Arthur Janov, Ph.D.
John A. Speyrer
01/14/08
Psychohistory Section
War as a Sacrificial Ritual
Lloyd deMause
12/14/07
Reflections
Section
The Relationship of Childhood Abuse to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
John A. Speyrer
12/07/07
Artikel
Woran erkennt man, ob die Primärtherapie, die man bekommt, sicher ist?
Pat Törngren
12/06/07
Reflections
Section
Maternal Birth Trauma & Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
John A. Speyrer
12/01/07
Article
[revised 12/20]
Fibromyalgia
and the Traumas of Birth
John A. Speyrer
11/29/07
Article
The Terribleness of Being Alone
After Birth
John A. Speyrer
11/25/07
Book Review
Primal Healing: Access the Incredible Power of Feelings to Improve Your Health
by Arthur Janov, Ph.D.
John A. Speyrer
11/25/07
Reflections Section
Infant's Behavior:
Intuitive or Learning Based?
John A. Speyrer
11/23/07
Article
Gastrointestinal Symptoms and Unprocessed Birth Memories
John A. Speyrer
11/06/07
Reflections Section
Nasal and Sinus Congestion:
Its Roots
John A. Speyrer
10/27/07
Article
Looking For
the Perfect Chemical Cure
John A. Speyrer
10/13/07
Article
Heartbreaks Can Cause Heart Attacks
John A. Speyrer
10/08/07
Article
[revised 10/21]
Panic Attacks:
Dangers & Symptoms
Their Origins in Our Early Traumas
John A. Speyrer
09/25/07
Book
Chapter
The Psychology and
Neurobiology of Violence
Lloyd deMause
09/01/07
Article
[revised 12/02]
Virginia Tech Terror
The Terror of Birth &
The Origins of Violence
John A. Speyrer
08/06/07
Article
Would You Discuss Some of the Hazards Along the Primal Path?
Paul Vereshack,
M.D.
07/16/07
Article
From Holotropics to Primal
Margaret Coyne
07/14/07
Book
Selections
Breakingdown, Breakingthrough [Holotropic Breathwork]
Margaret Coyne
07/12/07
New Index
Index of Articles On Psychosomatic Disease and the Regressive Psychotherapies
.
06/05/07
Psychohistory
Section
Swaddled Nation:
Modern Mother Russia and
A Psychohistorical Reassessment of Stalin
Stephanie Shakhireva
05/15/07
Article
Migraine Headaches and
Adolescent Suicidal Risk
John A. Speyrer
05/05/07
Book
Review
The Loss That is Forever: The Lifelong Impact of the Early Death
of a Mother or Father

by Maxine Harris, Ph.D.
John A. Speyrer
05/02/07
Article
Parentalité Primale:
Donner Aux Bébés le Meilleur
Dé Part Dans La Vie
Pat Törngren
04/12/07
Article
The Trauma of Being Awake
During Surgery
John A. Speyrer
04/10/07
Article
Fear, Distress and Pain Perception
in Osteoarthritis
John A. Speyrer
03/16/07
Article
Finding a Place to Cry:
My Path into Primal
Norm Cohen
03/08/07
Therapist
Listing
Janov certified Primal Therapist
Vancouver, Canada
Ruth Nyman, M.S.W.
03/07/07
Article
Repressed Memories
Revisited
"M.H."
03/05/07
Article
Searching Literary Fiction for the Elusive Dissociative Amnesia Syndrome
John A. Speyrer
02/28/07
Article
Mysticism and
Psychopathology
John A. Speyrer
02/13/07
Article
The Origins of the Fear
of Female Genitalia
John A. Speyrer
12/24/06
Psychohistory Section
Group Death Myths
in Terror Cult Groups
Peter A. Olsson, M.D.
12/18/06
Article
The Pros and Cons of Resolving Birth Traumas in Primal, Theophostic and other Experiential Therapies
John A. Speyrer
12/18/06
Interview
KÄNGURUMÜTTERFÜRSORGE (KÄNGURUMETHODE) Ein Interview mit Dr. Nils Bergman
Marit Olanders
12/10/06
Article
The Child Who Could Not Walk:
Facilitating Primal Healing In Children
Pat Törngren
11/21/06
Article
On the Atypical Partial Resolution of Some Psychological Hurts
Paul Vereshack, M.D.
11/03/06
Book Review
The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death
by Stanislav Grof, M.D.
John A. Speyrer
10/04/06
In Psychohistory Section
The Psychopathology of Terrorism:
A Cultural V-Spot
Joan Lachkar, Ph.D.
09/09/06
Article
The Disappointments
of Primal Therapy - Part II
John A. Speyrer
08/29/06
Article
When Primals
are Endless
Paul
Vereshack, M.D.
08/17/06
Article
Are Inutero Affect and Memory Real?
John A. Speyrer
08/13/06
Article
Las Necesidades del Recien Nacido En Los Primeras Horas de Vida
Pat Törngren
08/04/06
Video Review
(Swedish)
Videoanmälan - Kangaroo Mother Care, en ny Metod att Återställa det Ursprungliga Sättet att Vårda och Amma Spädbarn, Dr Nils Bergman
John A. Speyrer,
Pat Törngren
07/31/06
Therapist
Listing
Esta Powell,
Columbus, Ohio
Esta Powell,
M.A., M.S.
05/05/06
Reflections
Anticipatory Suffering and Decision Making
John A. Speyrer
05/01/06
Article
Healing Childhood Hurts With Deep Feeling/Primal-Oriented Therapy
Esta Powell
04/30/06
Book Review
Healing Hypertension
Uncovering the Secret Power of Your Hidden Emotions,
by Samuel J. Mann, M.D.
John A. Speyrer
04/20/06
Article
Many Hands: An Adoptee’s Healing Journey
Marcy W. Axness
04/15/06
Reflections
Pain Perception in Premature Babies
John A. Speyrer
04/15/06
Book Review
The Divided Mind:
The Epidemic of Mindbody Disorders by John E. Sarno, M.D.
John A. Speyrer
04/01/06
Therapist
Listing
Thierry Carrasco
Paris,
France
03/27/06
Article
Primalt föräldraskap: Hur ger man babyn en lycklig start i livet?
Pat Törngren
03/24/06
Article
Road Rage, Impatience and Ascending Birth Feelings
John A. Speyrer
02/01/06
Article
Hurricanes, Suicides, Wars, and Birth Trauma
John A. Speyrer
01/31/06
Article
H. R. Giger and the
Zeitgeist of the Twentieth Century
Stanislav Grof, M.D.
01/14/06
Article
Observations About Yoga and
Primal-Oriented Psychotherapy
Cindy McNellis
01/12/06
Lloyd deMause and
Psychohistory Section
America's Apocalyptic Rebirth Fantasies
in Contemporary Films
Victor Meladze
01/05/06
New Section
Added to Article
Chronological and Calendrical Unconscious Memory In Primal-Oriented Psychotherapies
John A. Speyrer
12/28/05
Article
Dream
Houses
John A. Speyrer
12/27/05
Article
DNA
Breakthroughs
John A. Speyrer
12/22/05
Article
The Violent Act of Infant Circumcision
Compiled by
Pat Törngren
12/20/05
Article
Crybabies and Birth Traumatized Babies
John A. Speyrer
12/14/05
Lloyd deMause and
Psychohistory Section
The Childhood Origins of the Holocaust
Talk at Klagenfurt Univ., Austria - 09/05
Lloyd deMause
12/14/05
Article
Between the Mattress and the Box Spring: Pressure As Comfort
John A. Speyrer
12/12/05
Article
An Evening With the Primal Support Group
Pat Törngren
11/28/05
Q & A
Answers To An
Endless Questioner
Paul Vereshack, M.D.
11/20/05
Primal Forum
Deutsches Primal Forum
Moderator
Reinhold W. Rausch
11/07/05
Article
Peri-natal
Agonies
John A. Speyrer
10/25/05
Artikel
Spädbarnets rätta miljö där är babyn inte hjälplös - KÄNGURUMETODEN
Cecilia Moen
10/24/05
Intervju
Intervju med Nils Bergman - KÄNGURUMETODEN
Marit Olanders
10/09/05
Article
The Slow Acceptance of the Reality of Birth Regressions by its Major Theoreticians
John A. Speyrer
09/20/05
Fantasy Movie
Review
Million Dollar Baby
Clint Eastwood - Hillary Swank - Morgan Freeman
John A. Speyrer
09/13/05
Article
Destructive Activities - Their Root Causes
Paul J. Hannig, Ph.D.
09/13/05
Therapist
Listing
Pierre R. Riopel
Quebec, Canada
09/07/05
Article
The Origins of Homosexuality: Insights From The Deep Feeling Psychotherapies
John A. Speyrer
08/10/05
Article
Cuddling and Touch As Stress Reducers
and As Possible Stress Increasers
John A. Speyrer
08/08/05
Artikel
Was ist Primal- Psychotherapie?
H. Lawrence King
07/24/05
Book Chapter
GUILT. . . A Straitjacket for Feeling
From Emotional Fitness: Discovering Our Natural Healing Power
Janice Berger
07/23/05
Kapitel
“Schuldgefühle” ein Kapitel aus: “Emotional Fitness: Discovering Our Natural Healing Power”
Janice Berger
07/22/05
Artikel
Persönlich Eindrücke von Paul Vereshacks Primal- Workshop in Glencree, Irland, April 2005,
Reinhold W. Rausch
06/16/05
Article
The Mother's Fear of Harming Her Baby, Maternal Destructiveness and Maternal Inutero Rejection
John A. Speyrer
06/15/05
Interview
Bill Swartley Interview (1977)
John Rowan
06/13/05
Interview
Jenny James Interview (1977)
John Rowan
06/13/05
Article
Brain Imperialism
John Rowan
06/12/05
Article
How Do We Know if we Are Getting Safe Primal Therapy?
Pat Törngren
05/09/05
Article
My Experience at a Primal Seminar
with Paul Vereshack, M. D.
Reinhold Rausch
05/08/05
Article
A Primal is a Primal, is a Primal - or is it?
Pat Törngren
05/03/05
Article
Psychotherapy for the Dying:
Principles and Illustratative Cases With Special References to the Use of LSD,
Gary Fisher, Ph.D.
04/11/05
Article
Guilt: Still Another Facet of Neurosis
John A. Speyrer
03/03/05
Article
The Primal Screams of Death & Dying in the Art of Edvard Munch
John A. Speyrer
02/14/05
Buchbesprechung
Siegfried Petry - Erlebnisgedächtnis und Posttraumatische Störungen.
Irene Behrmann - Zurück ins Leben.
Erfahrungen mir der ambulanten Regressionstherapie.
Begleitetes Wiedererleben als Therapie.
Reinhold W. Rausch
02/10/05
Artikel
„Widerstand“ Eine Antwort auf Dr. Paul Hanning’s Artikel
„Is There a Hole in Your Soul
Patricia Poulin
02/02/05
Discussion
A Primal Support Group Board Discussion
Marlene,Anon.&
John A. Speyrer
01/30/05
Interview
The PPP Interviews Dr. Robert Godwin,
author of One Cosmos under God: The Unification of Matter, Life, Mind and Spirit
John A. Speyrer
Robert Godwin, Ph.D.
01/21/05
Book Excerpts
Excerpts from
One Cosmos under God: The Unification of Matter, Life, Mind and Spirit
by Robert W. Godwin, Ph.D.
Robert Godwin, Ph.D.
01/15/05
Book Review
One Cosmos under God: The Unification of Matter, Life, Mind and Spirit
by Robert W. Godwin, Ph.D.
John A. Speyrer
12/20/04
Article
On "Resistance":
A Response to Dr. Paul Hannig's Article,
Is There a Hole in Your Soul?
Patricia Poulin
12/19/04
Article Review
The Role of the Temporal Cortex In Certain Psychical Phenomena
The Journal of Mental Science, July, 1955
by Wilder Penfield, M.D.
John A. Speyrer

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