Imprint Life Long

by Arthur Janov

The Lifelong Effects of the Birth Experience

309 pages, Hardcover

First published February 1, 1983

About the author

Psychologist, psychotherapist, and the creator of primal therapy, a treatment for mental illness that involves repeatedly descending into, feeling, and expressing long-repressed childhood pain. Janov directed a psychotherapy institute called the Primal Center in Santa Monica, California.

Janov wrote that his professional life changed in a single day in 1967 with the discovery of what he calls Primal Pain.During a therapy session, Janov heard what he describes as, “an eerie scream welling up from the depths of a young man lying on the floor”. He developed primal therapy, in which clients are encouraged to re-live and express repressed feelings.

Janov's patients included John Lennon and Yoko Ono.

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Reviews

[Klaridge · Rating 4 out of 5]

Povinná kniha pro všechny, nejen pro rodiče. Jak zásadní je pro náš život okamžik zrození a jak je potřeba o tom mluvit nahlas a zamýšlet se nad tím hlouběji. Příchodem na svět totiž VŠE začíná.

[Kate Estivill · Rating 3 out of 5]

Janov states that the imprinting of early Pains into the infant's developing nervous system accomplishes two things: first it sets up a lifelong pool of residual tensions, and second, it directs and shapes behavior in particular ways.

Interesting yet, in my opinion, occasionally a bit forced. After reading this book and others on the psychology of young children I am tempted to believe that although the birth experience does lay a template on how to respond, the way we behave and feel as adults is more due to the compounding we experience during our childhood.