Humanistic body psychotherapy

body-centered psychotherapy (body-oriented psychotherapy, body psychotherapy, direct body-contact psychotherapy, humanistic body psychotherapy): Any combination of: (a) psychotherapy and (b) massage therapy, touch therapy, or movement techniques. Body-centered psychotherapy may include breathwork.

(See also: Body-centered psychotherapy , Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

organismic psychotherapy (humanistic body psychotherapy): Spinoff of Reichian Therapy developed by Malcolm Brown, Ph.D., and Katherine Ennis Brown, in Europe.

Its theory divides human anatomy into four dynamic Being Centers of the embodied soul:

(1)           The Agape-Eros Being Center consists of the upper frontal portion of the body and mediates feelings of openness toward others.

(2)           the Hara Being Center, the abdominal portion of the body, permits self-love.

(3)           The Logos Being Center, the upper dorsal portion of the body, has unfathomable intuitive faculties.

(4)           The Phallic-Spiritual Warrior Being Center, which consists of the lower back and the limbs, enables resoluteness (perseverance).

(See also: Organismic psychotherapy , Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)