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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

Brackett discusses primal scream therapy and the art of Kabuki as influences on the Plastic Ono Band and gives Ono long-overdue credit for collaborations with Lennon.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2022

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

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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