<P> Primal therapy has not achieved broad acceptance in mainstream psychology . It has been frequently criticized as lacking outcome studies to substantiate its effectiveness . It is regarded as one of the least creditable forms of psychotherapy and has been classified in a 2006 APA Delphi poll as "discredited". </P> <P> Primal therapy has sometimes been dismissed as shallow, glib, simplistic, or trendy . It has also been criticized for not paying sufficient attention to transference . Some researchers have suggested that primal therapy's contention that adults can recall infantile experiences is empirically refuted . Primal therapy has also been rejected as dogmatic or overly reductionist . </P> <P> In the book Let's Talk About Me, Anthony Clare criticizes primal therapy in several ways . He claims that Janov sees confirming evidence everywhere: "Everything is taken as evidence of (the truth of Janov's Pain Theory)." He claims that Janov has "no evidence" that childhood traumas cause adult neurosis, except for the "frenzied memories" of his patients . </P> <P> In a 1982 paper published in the journal Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychoanalyse, Ehebald and Werthmann report that, following a review of the scientific literature, they found "no on - going reports of primal therapy's therapeutic results, no statistical studies and no follow - up studies ." Concluding that primal therapy is not a valid therapeutic technique, they stated that most psychotherapists in the Federal Republic of Germany believe it to be questionable in theory and dangerous in practice . </P>

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