Re-Living Birth and Before:
Birth Trauma In the Regression Therapies

Indexed Articles From the Primal Psychotherapy Page

From the script of Oliver Stone's movie Natural Born Killers: "When did you first start thinking about killing? "Birth. I was thrown in a flaming pit of scum. I was forgotten by God." When asked by a student about the influence of his experiences in Vietnam on his choices in writing and directing such intense and violent films such as Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July" and Natural Born Killers, Oscar winner Oliver Stone replied: "The violence was evident before Vietnam. There was blood, there was screaming, there was forceps and there was me." -- Feb 20, 1996, at Oxford, England

Articles from The Primal Page Between the Mattress and the Box Spring: Pressure As Comfort by John A. Speyrer Primal Dreams by Sieglinde W. Alexander Being Born and Giving Birth: A Transpersonal Experience by Gabriela Ortiz-Monasterio Birth and Its Effects On Human Behavior by Bonnie Randolph On Being Born: A Mother's View (A Group Discussion) Babies Remember Pain by David B. Chamberlain, Ph.D. Strange Encounters: Near Death Experiences and Birth Memories by John A. Speyrer Mysticism and Psychedelics: The Case of the Dark Night by Christopher M. Bache, Ph.D. My Primal Journey: Becoming Someone Else by Anonymous Film Review: Journey To Be Born by Steven Raymond Birth Trauma, Claustrophobia and LSD Therapy by Dr. Frank Lake On The Origins of Death Anxiety by Réal Beaulieu On the Fear of Death and On Dying in the Birth Canal by John A. Speyrer The Origins of the Fear of Death and Dying in the Writings of Frank Lake, M.D. by John A. Speyrer Major Categories of Early Psychosomatic Traumas From Conception to the End of the First Hour by Bill Swartley, Ph.D. Birth, Death and Organic Energy Part 1 | Part 2 by Daniel Miller, Ph.D. Another Piece of My Birth Puzzle: My Mother As God, God As My Mother by John A. Speyrer Visual Art From The Unconscious - A Primal Art Gallery by "Kimberly Ann" The Primal Origins of A Stance On Contraception, Abortion and Overpopulation by John A. Speyrer Memory and Birth - An Exchange of Letters Armand DiMele and Frederic LeBoyer Primal Therapy With Infants by William R. Emerson Ph.D. Birth Trauma and Its Relation to Mental Illness, Suicide and Ecstasy by Stanislav Grof M.D. Four Therapy Experiences by John A. Speyrer Primal Therapy: A Persistent New Age Therapy by Martin Gardner in Skeptical Inquiry. A review and reply by John A. Speyrer Resolving Birth Trauma: A Discussion by Pat, Peter and Lucas Perinatal Performance At the Museum of Art by Chris Boyd, Ph.D. A Primal is a Primal, is a primal - or is it? by Pat Törngren My Birth and Its Effects On Romantic Relationships by "Mika" First Tri-mester Intrauterine Trauma, Birth Trauma, Transmarginal Stress and Paradoxical Reaction - The Theories of Frank Lake, M.D. by John A. Speyrer Claustrophobia and the Fear of Death and Dying by John A. Speyrer Birth Traumas To the Head and Themes of Death & Dying in the Art of Edward Munch by John A. Speyrer Perinatal Agonies by John A. Speyrer Destructive Activities: Their Root Causes, by Paul Hannig, Ph.D. Hurricanes, Suicides and Birth Trauma by John A. Speyrer Return to the Mother Ship by John A. Speyrer Early Trauma and Adult Pain Perception by John A. Speyrer Finding a Place to Cry: My Path into Primal by Norn Cohen Road Rage, Impatience and Ascending Birth Feelings by John A. Speyrer Crybabies and Birth Traumatized Babies by John A. Speyrer The Advantages and Disadvantages of Resolving Birth Traumas in Primal, Theophostic and Other Experiential Therapies by John A. Speyrer An Interview With John R. - The Denver Primal Journal (Alcoholism, Anger/Violence and Birth Trauma) Fibromyalgia and the Traumas of Birth by John A. Speyrer Panic Attacks, Phobias and Feelings by John A. Speyrer The Trauma of Being Awake During Surgery by John A. Speyrer Possible Adverse Psychological Effects of an Adoptee on Birth Family Siblings by John A. Speyrer Anger related to Pre-Conception, Conception and the Pre and Perinatal Period and Further Developments in Pre and Perinatal Psychotherapy incorporating Primal Integration and Regression Therapy by Shirley Ward, MEd. DipEd.

Virginia Tech Terror: The Terror of Birth and the Origins of Violence by John A. Speyrer Armageddan & Apolcalyptic Imagery as Metaphors of Birth Trauma by John A. Speyrer The Origins of the Fear of Female Genitalia by John A. Speyrer Birth & Pre-Birth Trauma on Television - by John A. Speyrer Panic Attacks: Symptoms & Dangers - Their Origins in Early Traumas by John A. Speyrer Breakingdown, Breakingthrough [Holotropic Breathwork] - Selected Chapters by Margaret Coyne Birth Trauma and Bullying by Shirley Ward, MEd. DipEd. Suicide and Pre- and Perinatal Psychotherapy by Shirley Ward, MEd. DipEd. H. R. Giger and the Zeitgeist of the Twentieth Century by Stanislav Grof, M.D. Million Dollar Baby - Clint Eastwood - Hillary Swank - Morgan Freeman - A Fantasy Movie Review by John A. Speyrer Ken Wilbur's Spectrum Psychology by Stanislav Grof, M.D. Birth Feelings: A Phenomenological Investigation by Stephen Khamsi, Ph.D. Conclusion From Tears For Trauma by Dr Aletha Solter Resolving The Rotation Trauma of the Birth Process by John A. Speyrer The Dream Route To Primal Pain by "Mika" What The Unborn Perceive - Part I - The Discovery of 'Endogenous Perception' in Regression Therapy by Wolfgang H. Hollweg Was Ungeborene wahnehmen - Teil I - Die Entdeckung der «endogenen wahrnehmung» in der Regression von Wolfgang H. Hollweg Was Ungeborene Wahrnehmen - Teil II - Die Bedeutung der «endogenen Wahrnehmung» für die Abtreibungs-Debatte von Wolfgang H. Hollweg Geburtstrauma, Vor- und perinatale Gefühle von Tod und Sterben: Intrauterines Trauma im ersten Trimester, transmarginaler Stress und paradoxe Reaktion- Die Theorien des Frank Lake, M.D. - von John A. Speyrer On the Origins of the Fear of Dying In the Works of Michael A. Persinger and Others by John A. Speyrer Intimations of My Birth: Traveling and Elevator Rides as Primal Triggers by John A. Speyrer Frank Lake's Maternal-Fetal Distress Syndrome: An Analysis - Dissertation Chapter 2 | Chapter 3 | Chapter 5 by Stephen M. Maret, Ph.D. Birth Primals - Having Them Sooner or Later? by Pat Törngren Birth Trauma and Pre- and Peri-natal Feelings of Death and Dying: First Trimester Intrauterine Trauma and Transmarginal Stress with Paradoxical Reaction The Theories of Frank Lake, M.D. by John A. Speyrer The Slow Acceptance of the Reality of Birth Regressions by its Major Theoreticians by John A. Speyrer How Do We Know We Are Getting "Safe" Primal Therapy by Pat Törngren Book Reviews Beyond Death - The Gates of Consciousness by Stanislav and Christina Grof Necronomicon by H. R. Giger Bonds of Fire: Rekindling Sexual Rapture by Alice Rose, Ph.D. Frank Lake's Maternal-Fetal Distress Syndrome: An Analysis by Stephen M. Maret, Ph.D. The Enduring Effects of Prenatal Experience: Echos From the Womb by Ludwig Janus M.D. Tears and Tantrums by Aletha J. Solter Ph.D. Babies Remember Birth by David Chamberlain, Ph.D. Primal Connections: How Our Experiences From Conception to Birth Influence Our Emotions, Behavior, and Health by Elizabeth Noble The Gentle Birth Book: A Practical Guide to LeBoyer Family-Centered Delivery by Nancy Berezin Psychology of the Future: Lessons From Modern Consciousness Research by Stanislav Grof, Ph.D. Birth Trauma: The Psychological Effects of Obstetrical Interventions by William R. Emerson Ph.D. Treatment of Birth Trauma In Infants & Children: Collected Works (Vol. I) by William Emerson, Ph.D. Pre- and Perinatal Regression Therapy - Collected Works (Vol. II) by William R. Emerson, Ph.D. Imprints: The Lifelong Effects of the Birth Experience by Dr Arthur Janov, Reviewed by Dr Arnold Buchheimer The Ultimate Journey: Consciousness and the Mystery of Death by Stanislav Grof, M.D. The Janov Solution - Lifting Depression Through Primal Therapy by Arthur Janov, Ph.D. The Unborn Child - by Roy Ridgway and S. H. House Reviewed by John A. Speyrer Jessica: The autobiography of an infant - by Jeffrey Von Glahn, Ph.D. - Book Review by John A. Speyrer