# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-janov
# Generated: 2026-08-13T17:04:13.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-janov"
name: "Arthur Janov"
slug: "arthur-janov"
description: "Arthur Janov, also known as Art Janov, was an American psychologist, psychotherapist, and writer. He gained notability as the creator of primal therapy, a treatment for mental illness that involves repeatedly descending into, feeling, and experiencing long-repressed childhood pain. Janov first directed a psychotherapy institute called the Primal Institute on North Almont Dr. in West Hollywood, California and from 1980 at the Janov Primal Center at 1205 Abbot Kinney Boulevard, in Venice, Los Angeles and latterly on Ashland Avenue in Santa Monica, California."
tagline: "American psychologist (1924–2017)"
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birthDate: "1924-08-21"
deathDate: "2017-10-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump