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Getting Our Bodies Back Recovery, Healing, and Transformation Through Body-Centered Psychotherapy

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ISBN-10: 1570621497

ISBN-13: 9781570621499

Edition: N/A

Authors: Christine Caldwell, Kathlyn Hendricks, Gay Hendricks

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A habitual movement as common as nail-biting or toe-tapping can be the key to pulling out addictive behavior by its roots. These unconscious movement "tags" indicate the places where our bodies have become split off from our psyches. When brought to consciousness and confronted they will often tell us very plainly where our psychological suffering originated, showing us where to begin reconnecting body and soul. Christine Caldwell, a pioneer in the field of somatic psychology, has created an original model for working with body wisdom called the Moving Cycle. She describes how this form of therapy has worked effectively in her own practice, and she provides practical techniques to show how…    
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Book details

List price: $21.95
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/2/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.46" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English

Kathlyn Hendricks has been a pioneer in the field of body-mind integration for thirty years. Her explorations of the catalytic power of the creative arts in psychotherapy and organizational systems have been featured in magazines, journals and books such as Transpersonal Approaches to Counseling and Psychotherapy, Chocolate for a Women's Soul, Getting in Touch, Personal Transformation and the Handbook of Workplace Spirituality. She received her doctorate in psychology in 1982 and has been a member of the Academy of Dance/Movement Therapists of the American Dance Therapy Association since 1975. She has consulted and taught in the graduate programs of many universities, including the…    

A professor of counseling for 21 years in the school of education at the University of Colorado, Gay Hendricks earned his doctorate degree from Stanford University in 1974. Originally trained as a traditional psychologist, a life-altering experience caused Hendricks to rethink his approach to healing patients. Adopting a body-mind integration theory, Hendricks opened the Hendricks Institute to teach people core skills for conscious living. Hendricks is the author of over 20 books in the field of education, transpersonal psychology, and centering, including Conscious Breathing, The Centering Book, Learning to Love Yourself, and At the Speed of Life. His work has also been mentioned or…    

Foreword
Introduction: Discovering the Source
It's All in Your Body
Jumping Ship: The Body's Role in Addiction
The One-Two-Three Waltz: Body Patterns in Addiction
Recovering Our Body: The Moving Cycle
Awareness as the Ground
Taking Responsibility Equals Taking Your Body Back
Recovery in Relationships: The Body Dancing
What Do I Practice?
Conclusion: Singing the Body Electric
References
Centers for Body-Centered Psychotherapy