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Body Psychotherapy (also known as Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Somatic Psychology) is a branch of Psychotherapy with roots in the pre-Freudian work of Pierre Janet. It addresses itself to both body and mind, and emphasizes the relationship between the two. This approach found prominence in the work of Wilhelm Reich's Character Analysis and Vegetotherapy, which proceeded to influence therapists in the United States and Europe. Those responsible for significantly developing Body Psychotherapy include:

• Elsworth Baker (Orgonomy)
• David Boadella (Biosynthesis)
• Gerda Boyesen (Biodynamic Psychology)
• Charles Kelly (Radix)
• Ron Kurtz (Hakomi)
• Alexander Lowen (Bioenergetic Analysis)
• Lisbeth Marcher (Bodynamics)
• Susan Aposhyan (Body Mind Psychotherapy)
• Albert Pesso, Diane Boyden-Pesso (Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor, PBSP)
• John Pierrakos (Core Energetics)
• Ola Raknes (Character Analytic Vegetotherapy)
• Jack Lee Rosenberg (IBP)
• Ilana Rubenfeld (Rubenfeld Synergy)
• Christine Caldwell (The Moving Cycle)
• Pat Ogden & Kekuni Minton (Sensorimotor Psychotherapy)
• Myron Sharaf
• Jay Stattman (Unitive Psychotherapy)
• Lynne Zettl & Edward Joseph (Self-Regulation Therapy)

See also

• Bodywork

References

• Totton, N. (2002). The future for body psychotherapy. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge.

External links

• U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapy (USABP)
• European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP)
• Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP)
• Centre for Integral-Relational Learning (CIRL) - London
• Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy - London