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primal therapy
(pri¦mal ther|apy)
noun
[
mass noun
]
a form of psychotherapy which focuses on a patient’s earliest emotional experiences and encourages verbal expression of childhood suffering, typically using an empty chair or other prop to represent a parent towards whom anger is directed.
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