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Body Psychotherapy (a.k.a. Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Somatic Psychology) is a branch of Psychotherapy with roots in the pre-Freudian work of Pierre Janet. It addresses itself to both body and mind, and emphasizes the relationship between the two. This approach found prominence in the work of Wilhelm Reich's Character Analysis and Vegetotherapy, which proceeded to influence therapists in the United States and Europe. Those responsible for significantly developing Body Psychotherapy include: Psychotherapy is a set of techniques intended to improve mental health, emotional or behavioral issues of individuals, family members or a whole familys interactional climate. ... Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud (IPA: []) (May 6, 1856–September 23, 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology. ... Pierre Marie Félix Janet, (May 30, 1859 - February 24, 1947) was a pioneering French psychiatrist in the field of dissociation and traumatic memory. ... Dr. Wilhelm Reich Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897–November 3, 1957) was a Jewish-Austrian psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author, who was trained in Vienna by Sigmund Freud. ... Vegetotherapy is a form of psychoanalytical therapy which involves the physical simulation of emotions. ...

  • Elsworth Baker (Orgonomy)
  • David Boadella (Biosynthesis)
  • Gerda Boyesen (Biodynamic Psychology)
  • Charles Kelly (Radix)
  • Ron Kurtz (Hakomi)
  • Alexander Lowen (Bioenergetic Analysis)
  • Lisbeth Marcher (Bodynamics)
  • Albert Pesso, Diane Boyden-Pesso (Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor [PBSP])
  • John Pierrakos (Core Energetics)
  • Ola Raknes (Character Analytic Vegetotherapy)
  • Jack Lee Rosenberg (IBP)
  • Ilana Rubenfeld (Rubenfeld Synergy)
  • Myron Sharaf
  • Jay Stattman (Unitive Psychotherapy)

Dr. Wilhelm Reich Wilhelm Reich (March 24, 1897–November 3, 1957) was an Austrian-American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and author, who was trained in Vienna by Sigmund Freud. ... Hakomi therapy is a form of depth psychology developed by Ron Kurtz. ... Dr. Alexander Lowen, a student of Wilhelm Reichs in the 1940s and early 1950s in New York, developed the mind-body psychotherapy known as bioenergetic analysis with his then colleague John Pierrakos. ... Bioenergetic Analysis is a body-oriented psychotherapy based on the expression of feelings and the re-establishment of energy flow in the body. ... IBP Integrative Body Psychotherapy was developped by [Jack Lee Rosenberg], Ph. ...

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Individual Body Psychotherapy (962 words)
Body psychotherapy focusses on the psyche through its expression in the body to enhance awareness on all levels of being.
Body psychotherapy is derived from the work of Wilhelm Reich, and the influences of Eastern philosophy in the 1960s.
In body psychotherapy the psychotherapist works with the client to discover the meaning of unskilful patterns of behaviour, how it is that relationships are maintained, which are not satisfying and the meaning of the messages that the body is communicating.
Psychotherapy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2671 words)
Psychotherapy is aimed at these problems, and attempts to solve — or help people themselves to solve — them via a number of different approaches and techniques.
Given that psychotherapy is restricted to conversations, practitioners do not have to be medically qualified, but to guarantee the medical safety of psychotherapy, a basic acquaintance with psychiatric and psychological considerations is typically a part of their training.
Psychotherapy outcome research -in which the effectiveness of psychotherapy is measured by questionnaires given to patients before, during, and after treatment- has had difficulty distinguishing between the different types of therapy.
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