USABP gives two major awards, the Lifetime Achievement Award and Research Award.  We proudly acknowledge these individuals:

Lifetime Achievement Award:

1998:  John Pierrakos
2000:  Alexander Lowen
2002:  Ilana Rubenfeld
2005:  Stanley Keleman
2008:  Ron Kurtz

Research Award
For Outstanding Research Advancing the Profession of Body Psychotherapy

2000	Pamela Pettinati	The Relative Efficacy of Various Complementary Modalities in the Lives of Patients with Chronic Pain: A Pilot Study.
2002	Christa D. Ventling, DPhil	Efficacy of Bioenergetic Therapies and Stability of the Therapuetic Result:  A Retrospective Investigation
2005	Margit Koemeda-Lutz et al	Preliminary Results Concerning the Effectiveness of Body Psychotherapies in Outpatient Settings – A Multi-Center Study in Germany and Switzerland
2008	Morgan Lazzaro-Smith	Reconciling Body and Self:   Body Psychotherapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

Student Research Award
For Outstanding Research Advancing the Profession of Body Psychotherapy by a Student 

2005	Amelia H. Kaplan Psy. M. and Laurie F. Schwartz, M.Th., M.S.	Listening to the Body:  Pragmatic Case Studies of Body-Centered Psychotherapy
2008	Jeanne M. Denney	The Effects of States of Compassionate Presence on People in Coatose States Near Death

2008 Research Committee Page

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