shamanic psychotherapy: Mode of spiritual healing based on shamanism and the doctrine of reincarnation. Its theory posits missing soul parts.

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

spiritual psychotherapy: Method promoted by Carol Weidberg, a psychoanalyst and intuitive. It includes dreamwork, and its theory affirms the Jungian theory of synchronicity.

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

holistic psychotherapy: Approach to psychotherapy promoted by Russian-born Reiki practitioner Katya Salkinder, M.A. it is a means of releasing energy blocks created by unresolved emotional conflicts.

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

Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy (EKP): Mode of body-centered psychotherapy among whose three foci is psychospiritual development.

(See also: Emotional-Kinesthetic Psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

pranic psychotherapy: Subspecialty of Pranic Healing. It includes four healing techniques besides those of Pranic Healing:

(a)   a cleansing technique, for the removal and disintegration of traumatic psychic energy and such;

(b)  an advanced form of energizing, for the disintegration of etheric parasites and the repair of external etheric webs that lie in a one-to-one relation behind chakras;

(c)   activation and inhibition of chakras; and

(d)  creation of a positive thought entity for the patient.

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

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)

Passion-for-Life Psychotherapy: Shamanistic method promoted by Batya D. Winninger, M.A., C.S.W. Its theory posits past lives.

(See also: Passion-for-Life Psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Combine Spirituality and Psychotherapy: Eclectic integrative system developed and practiced by author Bernard Green, Ph.D. It includes consciousness expansion, Eastern psychotherapy (see Eastern psychology), nutritional psychology, psychosynthesis, Simonton techniques (see Simonton method), and Sufi psychology (see Sufi healing).

(See also: Combine Spirituality and Psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Focusing (Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, Focusing-Oriented Therapy, Focusing Process, Focusing Therapy): Natural stepwise system of personal growth based on the work of psychology professor Eugene (Gene) T. Gendlin, Ph.D., author of Focusing (1981), Let the Body Interpret Your Dreams (1986), and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy: A Manual of the Experimental Method (Guilford Publications, Inc., 1996).

Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy involves dreamwork and inner child work. The effects of Focusing include: direct contact with the wisdom of one's body (prenatal bodily meaning), which is palpable; the flowing of life's energy in new ways of being; discovery of one's genuine self; and an increase in personal whole[ness].

(See also: Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)

Psychotherapy: Psychotherapists can treat a variety of mental disorders and emotional problems. This form of therapy often involves a patient talking out his or her fears and anxieties with a skilled listener. Psychotherapy is rooted in the work of Sigmund Freud and can treat depression, stress, eating disorders, sexual problems and many other ailments.

(See also: Psychotherapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Psychotherapy

the treatment of psychological disorders or maladjustments by a psychological technique, as psychoanalysis, group therapy, or behavioral therapy.

Psychotherapy does not include physiological interventions, such as drug therapy or electroconvulsive therapy, although it may be used in combination with such methods. Behavior therapy aims to help the patient eliminate undesirable habits or irrational fears through the use of principles of conditioning.

(See also: Psychotherapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

Psychotherapy: Usually conducted by a trained, certified, or licensed therapist, psychotherapy is the treatment of individuals with emotional problems, behavioral problems, or mental illness primarily through the use of psychological techniques. These techniques are designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems, with the goal being relief of symptoms, changes in behavior leading to improved social and vocational functioning, and personality growth.

(See also: Psychotherapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

BODY-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY

Body-oriented psychotherapy seeks to enhance the psychotherapeutic process by incorporating a range of massage, bodywork, and movement techniques. Acknowledging the mind-body link, practitioners may use light touch, soft- or deep-tissue manipulation, breathing techniques, movement, exercise, or body-awareness techniques to help address emotional issues. Proper training is critical in this work. (Adapted from Holistic Health Directory.)

(See also: BODY-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY, Alternative Health, Massage, Bodywork, Body Mind and Soul)

Body-Oriented Psychotherapy: This growing and wide-ranging field combines counseling with bodywork. Practitioners believe the most effective changes come when they involve all levels of being: physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. Massage, movement techniques, breathing and body awareness are emphasized.

(See also: Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

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)

BODY-ORIENTED PSYCHOTHERAPY: seeks to enhance the psychotherapeutic process by incorporating a range of massage, bodywork and movement techniques.

Acknowledging the mind-body link, practitioners may use light touch, soft or deep-tissue manipulation, breathing techniques, movement, exercise or body awareness techniques to help address emotional issues.

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

body oriented emotional release psychotherapy (Neo-Reichian emotional release work): Method promoted by Dee Cassella. Its theory posits blocked sexual energy and holds that one reclaims one's natural 'SELF' as one:

(a)           releases anger, fear, and sadness, and

(b)          grieves over the loss of one's inner child.

(See also: Body oriented emotional release psychotherapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul)

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Hakomi (Hakomi body-centered psychotherapy, Hakomi Body-Mind Process, Hakomi Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, Hakomi Method, Hakomi Method of Body/Mind Therapy, Hakomi Therapy, Hakomi work): Refinement of Reichian Therapy developed by Ron Kurtz in the mid-1970s.

The Hakomi Method uses the mind/body connection to elicit nonverbal core beliefs. It is based partly on bioenergetics, Buddhism, and Taoism. Hakomi is a Hopi word that means: How do you stand in relation to these many realms? (loosely, Who are you?).

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

primal therapy (primal scream therapy): Mode of psychotherapy developed by child psychologist Arthur Janov, author of The Primal Scream (1970).

Primal therapists dispense with analysis and, through a process of painful catharsis, attempt to resolve neuroses. Janov maintained that, to be effective, psychotherapy must uncover repressed primal pains - unpleasant events undergone not only during childhood and infancy, but even in the fetal and embryonic stages.

According to Janov, patients can dispel primal pains only by re-experiencing them and giving them physical expression (e.g., by screaming). The crux of primal therapy is rebirthing. Variations of primal therapy include Bio Scream Psychotherapy and the New Identity Process (NIP).

(See also: Primal therapy, Body Mind and Soul, Alternative Health, Alternative Health Dictionary)