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Originally Posted by BudFox
Janov has been an outspoken critic of talk therapy. I agree with most of his criticisms and I'm glad someone in the psych world is challenging this stuff. I have no opinion of his primal scream thing. Here is one quote that cuts pretty deep, but certainly fits my experience...
"And when we get that daddy and mommy that should have been, we stay in therapy. It is then a permanent act-out on both their parts. The doctor gets the glory and adulation, while the patient gets a kind, concerned doctor/parent. It is addictive for both and that is why it lasts and lasts."
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I was around when Primal Scream therapy became popular and I don't think it's effective as a way for most people to get in touch with and process deep emotional stuff.
But the observation about talk therapy relationships -- yeah, that seems right on for me. I was very vulnerable to that, at a level my rational intellect didn't reach.