Body Psychotherapy: An Introduction

"...a well-rooted resource for bodywork courses and a useful introductory text for a broad audience." Caduceus. . "It's not a big book but it's got a vast amount of information and knowledge in it. ...if you are interested in getting a good overall picture of the subject you couldn't do better." The Fulcrum. . Body psychotherapy is an holistic therapy which approaches human beings as united bodymind, and offers embodied relationship as its central therapeutic stance. Well-known forms include Reichian Therapy, Bioenergetics, Dance Movement Therapy, Primal Integration and Process Oriented Psychology.. . This new title examines the growing field of body psychotherapy: . Surveys the many forms of body psychotherapy . Describes what may happen in body psychotherapy and offers a theoretical account of how this is valuable drawing in current neuroscientific evidence . Defines the central concepts of the field, and the unique skills needed by practitioners . Accessible and practical, yet grounded throughout in current research. Body Psychotherapy: An Introduction is of interest to practitioners and students of all forms of psychotherapy and counselling, and anyone who wants to understand how mind and body together form a human being. . .