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The Handbook of Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology provides a comprehensive overview of body-centered psychotherapies, which stress the centrality of the body to overcoming psychological distress, trauma, and mental illness. Psychologists and therapists are increasingly incorporating these somatic or body-oriented therapies into their practices, making mind-body connections that enable them to provide better care for their clients. Designed as a standard text for somatic psychology courses, The Handbook of Body Psychotherapy and Somatic Psychology contains 100 cutting-edge essays and studies by respected professionals from around the world on such topics as the historical roots of Bod...
Embodiment refers to both the embedding of cognitive processes in brain circuitry and to the origin of these processes in an organism’s sensory-motor experience. Thus, action and perception are no longer interpreted in terms of the classic physical–mental dichotomy, but rather as closely interlinked (Fuchs, 2009). Embodiment research has shown impressively that the line between mind and body is not a one-way street. As a consequence the body has a strong influence on the mind. Can the body and it`s actions be used to help change the minds of our clients? The answer is yes. This special issue of European Psychotherapy is trying to explicate this more differently. Authors: Andrea Behrends, Susanne Bender, Marianne Eberhard-Kaechele, Thomas Fuchs, Gernot Hauke, Sabine C. Koch, Christina Lohr, Lily Martin, Rosemarie Samaritter, Helen Payne, Tanja Pietrzak, Mario Pfammatter, Valerie Pohlmann, Wolfgang Tschacher
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First multi-year cumulation covers six years: 1965-70.
Issues for 1981/82-1985/86 cover organizations of the European Community.