CIIS Faculty Publications
The Body in Psychotherapy: Inquiries in Somatic Psychology
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Description
The Body in Psychotherapy explores the life of the body as a basis of psychological understanding. Its chapters describe the use of movement, awareness exercises, and bodily imagination in work with various populations and life situations. It chronicles somatic work with childhood trauma, political torture, and life transitions such as aging, the loss of parents, and the emergence of a sense of self.
ISBN
1556432518
Publication Date
1997
Publisher
North Atlantic Books
City
Berkeley, California
Keywords
Somatics, Somatic Psychology, Body Psychotherapies, Trauma, Political Torture
Disciplines
Counseling Psychology | Psychology
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Don, "The Body in Psychotherapy: Inquiries in Somatic Psychology" (1997). CIIS Faculty Publications. 11.
https://digitalcommons.ciis.edu/facultypublications/11
Comments
The Body in Psychotherapy is the third in a groundbreaking series that provides a theoretical and practical context for the emerging field of Somatics. The first and second book of the series are Bone, Breath, and Gesture and Groundworks.