In many cases of ‘alexithymia’ there also seems to be a difficulty in the awareness and expression of bodily feelings (tentatively called ‘alexisomia’). Furthermore, this insensitivity to the body obstructs one’s awareness towards the laws of nature with which the body is implicitly in touch. Holistic awareness, which includes not only the intellect but also emotional, bodily and ecological (existential) aspects of man, can be the basic principle for holistic self-control. Oriental body-oriented approaches which facilitate such a holistic awareness must be reevaluated as an essential part of psychosomatic treatment.
A Research in the Effects of Active Listening on Corporate Mental Health Training: Shinya Kubota, et al. Department of Mental Health, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health—The effects of mental health training for corporate administrators, using Active Listening (Experiential Listening) as a major method was investigated. Sixty subjects took part in the mental health training program which consisted of 2 two‐day workshops (a total of 30 hr). The workshop program consisted of a lecture on stress, techniques of relaxation, the practice of Active Listening, and sharing of personal communication experiences in the workplace. Questionnaires which measured the Type A behavior pattern and the effects of Active Listening were collected in the first and last training sessions. The results showed significant differences in the degree of listening in the workplace in six of 27 items in the listening questionnaire and significant differences in three of seven items in the Type A questionnaire. Active Listening training seems to promote the attitudes of “listening genuinely” or “listening seriously” to workers. The practice of better listening may decrease the characteristics of the Type A behavior pattern such as “being busy” or “making others busy.” The mental health method focusing on Active Listening is discussed as a useful training technique for corporate mental health.
With more than 50 years of studies demonstrating the usefulness of focusing-oriented-experiential therapy (FOT), new research findings have provided further evidence of its efficacy in the treatment of various psychological disorders and issues. Traditional outcome research studies are being augmented by other microprocess-oriented studies, which look closely at the small change events clients and therapists report when reflecting on therapy. Microprocess research on FOT represents a growing body of research that illuminates these small steps of therapeutic change found in FOT sessions and provides practitioners with further evidence of how and why FOT works.This chapter includes a summary of the research on FOT since the last review conducted by Hendricks (2002), who looked at 89 empirical experimental research studies on focusing and focusing-oriented therapy, mainly those using the Experiencing Scale
Body-oriented therapies as relaxation training and certain forms of meditation are gaining popularity in the treatment and prevention of psychosomatic disorders. In this paper, a new method of self-control called self-regulation method (SRM), derived from autogenic training and Zen meditation, is presented. The technique of SRM is introduced. Secondly, physiological studies on SRM using skin temperature, galvanic skin response, and cortical evoked potentials are presented. Thirdly, the results of psychological tests conducted on SRM are presented. These psycho-physiological studies suggest that SRM may elicit a state of ‘relaxed alertness’. Fourthly, clinical applications of SRM are discussed, and 3 cases are presented. Finally, SRM is discussed in relation to the psychology and physiology of ‘relaxed alertness’.
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