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scream therapy

British  

noun

  1. another name for primal therapy

"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

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Forget protests, they’re more of a massive primal scream therapy session.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 5, 2026

Walsh then led the crowd through some scream therapy and a group singalong before launching into “Life’s Been Good.”

From Seattle Times Nov. 6, 2021

All you need to do is listen to “Mother,” the wrenching opening song on the album, to appreciate the ways in which primal scream therapy informed the sessions.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 26, 2021

Psychotherapist Arthur Janov, who popularized "primal scream therapy" in the 1970s, would argue that the state of being is void of catharsis.

From Salon Jan. 8, 2021

The California psychotherapist developed primal scream therapy — a treatment he maintained could cure ailments from depression to asthma, not to mention bring about world peace.

From New York Times Oct. 4, 2017

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