Synopses & Reviews
A remarkable follow-up to the international bestselling The Primal Scream, groundbreaking psychologist Arthur Janov cites in this examination hundreds of studies showing how experience in the womb and at birth have enduring life consequences, laying the foundation in later life for anxiety and depressive disorders, heart attacks, and even cancer. Janov explains how during pregnancy and the first years of life, events are imprinted in the brain that affect how aggressive or passive people will become, how despairing or optimistic they will be, and even how long they will live. Destined to have as profound an impact on psychotherapy as The Primal Scream, this book compels doctors and pregnant women to consider the lasting impact of events that occur during pregnancy.
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Lucidly, the pioneer of primal therapy provides the scientific rationale for treatments that take us through our original, nonverbal memoriesto essential depths of experience that the superficial cognitive-behavioral modalities currently in fashion cannot possibly touch, let alone transform.” Gabor Maté, MD, author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction
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A thrilling journey of discovery . . . Janov writes like no one else on the human mindengaging, brilliant, passionate, and honest. He is the best writer today on what makes us humanhe shows us how the mind works, how it goes wrong, and how to put it right.” Paul Thompson, PhD, professor of neurology, UCLA School of Medicine