Body Psychotherapy

Body Psychotherapy (a.k.a. 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)
 * John Pierrakos (Core Energetics)
 * Ola Raknes (Character Analytic Vegetotherapy)
 * Jack Lee Rosenberg (IBP)
 * Ilana Rubenfeld (Rubenfeld Synergy)
 * Myron Sharaf
 * Jay Stattman (Unitive Psychotherapy)