“Symbolization without sensing is empty – sensing without symbolization is blind” (Gendlin)
According to body psychotherapy, unprocessed injuries or experiences, or emotions felt in earliest childhood, belong in this realm. They are bound or held in the body. When that is the case, talking alone is not enough. A form must be found to re-experience these unresolved conflicts in the body and then recognize that they threatened or massively overwhelmed the child at the time. Ideally, body psychotherapy helps patients realize that the deficits they feel no longer pose a danger in their adult lives.
Methodologically, body psychotherapy guides patients to bring early emotions such as anger, hatred, sadness, helplessness, and humiliation within the family back into bodily expression. Wilhelm Reich is considered the founder of body psychotherapy. In his view, relationship in body work is energetically defined. Breath is regarded as a vitalizing force. Body exercises therefore often involve deepened breathing and expression through voice and movement. Many patients experience strong blockages here. In this way, real problems of adult life can be addressed.
Body psychotherapy uses a range of body exercises, but there is never one standardized fixed procedure. The body reflects the current state as well as the entire life history. The body stores experiences; they become embodied. The work arises from the situation and from the context the patient brings. (Source: bioenergetischeanalyse.de)
In our practice, Mr. Biallowons offers body psychotherapy.