primal scream therapy
noun
Definition of primal scream therapy
: psychotherapy in which the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience usually occurring early in life and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria, or violence —called also primal therapy
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1971
First Known Use of primal scream therapy
1971
Medical Dictionary
primal scream therapy
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Medical Definition of primal scream therapy
: psychotherapy in which the patient recalls and reenacts a particularly disturbing past experience usually occurring early in life and expresses normally repressed anger or frustration especially through spontaneous and unrestrained screams, hysteria, or violence—called also primal scream, primal therapy
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