Remembering Dr. Arthur Janov

Here are some of the sites, other than the NYT, WP, and AP obituaries and their repetitions, where people remember Dr. Janov:

https://www.facebook.com/pg/DrArthurJanov/

http://arthurjanov.com/

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10155221889014118&set=a.65601639117.72499.674399117&type=3

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/register/arthur-janov-obituary-n7zgws597

https://pessimisticshrink.blogspot.com/2017/10/janov.html

http://forward.com/culture/384164/arthur-janov-the-jewish-creator-of-primal-scream-therapy/

http://tributes.com/obituary/guestbook/105268227?pane=candle#guestbook_area


Here’s one that I had a reaction to. My comment is posted below, in case that site’s moderator deletes it:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/founder-primal-scream-therapy-has-died-what-exactly-180965126/

Poor job reporting. According to the NYT..according to Vice..according to the AP..

The last paragraph is especially horrible for misguided attempts to place Dr. Janov’s life in historical context: the unattributed “experts widely regard;” the “pseudoscience” assertion with no proof; the snide implication that his life only had value because John Lennon produced an album.

Why couldn’t the writer be bothered to gather first-hand information such as taking 10-15 minutes to look at the Primal Center’s website? Or look at Dr. Janov’s May 2016 book Beyond Belief, which was outstanding? Or Dr. Janov’s blog that he kept up throughout the years until 2017?

Does this hit piece on the occasion of a man’s death comply with Smithsonian Magazine’s journalism standards?


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2 thoughts on “Remembering Dr. Arthur Janov

  1. You are right on. The Norcross survey, in particular, is utter crap. More than half of those “experts” surveyed were CBT therapists who knew nothing about PT and yet deemed themselves confident to judge “primal scream therapy” as “discredited.” I feel the therapy will never be understood for what it is.

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