单词 | primal therapy |
释义 | primal therapynoun Psychiatry.a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to relive traumatic events, often screaming or crying, in order to achieve catharsis and a breakdown of psychological defenses. Origin of primal therapyAn Americanism dating back to 1970–75 Words nearby primal therapyprimage, prima inter pares, primal, primal scene, primal scream, primal therapy, primaquine, primaries, primarily, primary, primary accent Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for primal therapyprimal therapy nounpsychol a form of psychotherapy in which patients are encouraged to scream abusively about their parents and agonizingly about their own suffering in infancyAlso called: primal scream therapy, scream therapy Word Origin for primal therapyC20: from the book The Primal Scream (1970) by Arthur Janov, US psychologist, who originated the treatment Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for primal therapyprimal therapy n.A method of psychotherapy that encourages patients to identify and relive early traumatic experiences and to release anger and other painful emotions by aggressive behaviors such as screaming. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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