The history and development of Body-Psychotherapy: European diversity

Young, Courtenay

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“…While allowing the ideas and practices of body psychotherapy to develop and prosper, and to maintain their political edge, one unfortunate consequence of this alliance was a split from psychoanalytic thinking, and particularly from psychoanalytic rigour. For example, some Reichian ideas were incorporated by Osho and Richard Price, both prominent in the human potential movement, and practised at times insensitively and with little therapeutic facilitation or care (Young, 2011). Some body‐psychotherapeutic modalities, as noted by Young (2011), disconnected from psychodynamic and psychoanalytic thinking and, consequently, their practitioners fell into seductive traps of inflated positive transferential dynamics.…”

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Three Hot Potatoes, or Nick Totton's Courage in Inconveniencing the Field of Psychotherapy

Ben-Shahar¹

2013

Psychotherapy and Politics International

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Nick Totton has over a number of years written vigorously about paradoxical, conflict‐laden and otherwise inconvenient topics and, in doing so, has contributed significantly to various psychotherapeutic milieux. This paper focuses on three “hot potatoes” that Totton has written about, areas that presented uncomfortable conflicts in and into psychotherapy, namely: body, relationality, and politics. Being aware of and working with the body compels us to confront our aggressive and erotic drives, our wounds and yearnings, and as therapists often reveals us to our clients more than we intend. Being relational also entails the therapist revealing more of themselves and challenges the traditional analytic assumption (let alone the reality or usefulness of) a neutral, “blank‐slate” position. Thirdly, I argue that taking an explicit political stance challenges the clinician's comfortable, clinic‐bound practice, and discomforts the psychotherapist's habitual position regarding social involvement. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Section: The First Hot Potato: Bringing the Body Into Psychotherapymentioning

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Three Hot Potatoes, or Nick Totton's Courage in Inconveniencing the Field of Psychotherapy

Ben-Shahar¹

2013

Psychotherapy and Politics International

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“…Many of the currently practiced and recently developed forms of body psychotherapy are in some manner or another indebted to Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957. He took Sigmund Freud's argument that our psychic life is rooted in our bodies seriously, developed a psychoanalytic method that observed the body's expression, and finally endorsed bodywork as a therapeutic tool (Välimäki et Saksa 2006;Young 2010). At present, Reichian work includes many different approaches, as Reich himself worked in different ways during different phases of his career.…”

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“…What especially influences the discussed investigation is Reich's understanding of the body armour and the bodywork that supports increased awareness of one's body, as well as loosening of excessive stiffness or revitalizing limpness (e.g Reich 1973;Välimäki et Saksa 2006;Totton 2008;Young 2010…”

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An investigation into facilitating the work of the independent contemporary dancer through somatic psychology

Rouhiainen¹

2011

Journal of Dance &Amp; Somatic Practices

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This article presents an ongoing artistic research project that constructs a somatic approach on the basis of character analytic body psychotherapy to support independent contemporary dancers in working with what is here termed performative choreography. In this framework, dancers work with collaborative forms of immediate performance, and are required to possess heightened sensory, perceptual, reflexive and interactional skills. The article links the evolving somatic approach to the context of proto-performance, underlining that somatic work, which transforms the embodiment of the dancer, is already a starting point for performance. At least in this sense there is no clear distinction between artistic process and artwork. It is suggested that character analytic body psychotherapy shares interests with performative choreography as it fosters personal and interactive skills that support the regulation of the reactions and actions of an individual in the actuality of the here and now. Therefore, it might likewise enhance dancers' ability to embody current trends in contemporary dance. Finally, the article discusses some initial steps in applying this form of body psychotherapy to artistic practice. Keywords performative choreography contemporary dance independent contemporary dancer somatic psychology character analytic body psychotherapy Wilhelm Reich body armour and performance

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The history and development of Body Psychotherapy: European collaboration

Young¹

2011

Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy

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The history and development of Body-Psychotherapy: European diversity

Cited by 4 publications

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Three Hot Potatoes, or Nick Totton's Courage in Inconveniencing the Field of Psychotherapy

Three Hot Potatoes, or Nick Totton's Courage in Inconveniencing the Field of Psychotherapy

An investigation into facilitating the work of the independent contemporary dancer through somatic psychology

The history and development of Body Psychotherapy: European collaboration

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