The Emergence of Somatic Psychology and Bodymind Therapy (Critical Theory and Practice in Psychology and the Human Sciences) - Hardcover

Barratt, B.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0230222161 ISBN 13: 9780230222168

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

Synopsis

Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy examine the body and the mind as a whole, emphasising the reciprocal relationships between the two. This branch of psychotherapy focuses on the body, body language, emotional expression, psychosomatics, and sexuality. Somatic psychology is challenging the contemporary scene - shaking up our understanding of what it means to be human and how to heal human suffering. This book guides us to consider what life might be like when we relinquish the mind/body dichotomy. For example, what therapy means when we acknowledge the functioning of memory in every tissue of our embodiment.
 
Rooted in the ancient holistic disciplines or energy sciences, and becoming established in the work of early psychodynamic pioneers, this new discipline, with the current growth of its bodymind methodologies, draws from phenomenological philosophies, depth psychologies, and from the latest neuroscience. This unique text explores both the remarkable history and the contemporary burgeoning of somatic psychology, and addresses the theoretical challenges that must be met if it is to realize its impressive potential.

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Review:

"This is a read-from-start-to-finish book - to skip around the sections undermines the power of Barratt's scholarly crafted argument that challenges the status quo while also explaining how it came to be and offering a way out." - Somatic Psychotherapy Today
 
"Barnaby Barratt has written an overview of somatic psychotherapy that is extraordinary in its mature scholarly depth and breadth of presentation.  It is radical or prophetic in its implications for somatic ways of cultivating awareness." - Hakoumi Forum

Book Description:

Examining somatic psychology, the holistic and therapeutic study of the mind that 'speaks' through the language of the body, this book looks at the origins and future of bodymind approaches

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0230222161
• ISBN 13: 9780230222168
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 242