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Body-Mind Psychotherapy: Principles, Techniques and Practical Applications » (New Edition)

Book cover image of Body-Mind Psychotherapy: Principles, Techniques and Practical Applications by Susan Aposhyan

Authors: Susan Aposhyan
ISBN-13: 9780393704419, ISBN-10: 0393704416
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Date Published: July 2004
Edition: New Edition

Author Biography: Susan Aposhyan

Susan Aposhyan, M.A., developed Body-Mind Psychotherapy and has been involved in training psychotherapists internationally in this method for two decades. She maintains a private practice and has also authored Natural Intelligence: Body-Mind Integration and Human Development.

Book Synopsis

Body-mind psychotherapy (BMP) takes the basic tools of mind-body integration and joins them with an awareness of emotional development.

Pt. I	Theoretical background
1	Body-mind psychotherapy in context	3
2	The body-brain partnership	20
3	Bringing together biology and human consciousness : fundamental principles of body-mind psychotherapy	20
Pt. II	Tasks and format
4	Charting the course : tasks of body-mind psychotherapy	65
5	The interaction cycle : the basic format of body-mind psychotherapy	86
6	Cultivating bodily awareness : synchronizing body and mind	113
Pt. III	Body systems
7	Observing the body systems	141
8	Systems of form : the muscular, skeletal, and nervous systems	151
9	Systems of experience : the skin, fluids, fat, viscera, and endocrine system	178
Pt. IV	Anchoring change in the body
10	Energetic development : the interaction between early motor development and psychological development	203
11	The possibility of transformation : accessing cellular change	223
12	Specific clinical issues : a body-mind psychotherapy approach	234