Somatic therapy is a science and an art
Somatic therapy has a long history and a substantial body of knowledge rooted in a robust theoretical framework. It involves a well-defined body-mind theory that acknowledges the complexity of the intersections and interactions between the body and the mind, based on the shared assumption that a functional unity exists between them.
There is no hierarchical relationship between the body and mind, or between the soma and psyche. Both are equally important, interactive aspects of the whole.
Somatic therapy encompasses a developmental model, a theory of personality, hypotheses about the origins of psychological disturbances and alterations, and various diagnostic and therapeutic techniques used in the therapeutic relationship. A wide range of techniques is employed, including those involving touch, movement, and breath.
Somatic therapy is both a science and an art, having evolved over the last seventy-five years from research in fields such as biology, anthropology, proxemics, ethology, neurophysiology, developmental psychology, and many other disciplines. Recent advances in the discipline include prenatal and perinatal somatics, as well as deeper explorations of the biopsychosocial impacts on the body-mind system.
Somatic therapy acknowledges the continuity and deep connections that all biopsychosocial processes contribute to the organization of the whole person.
There is no hierarchical relationship between the body and mind, or between the soma and psyche. Both are equally important, interactive aspects of the whole.
Somatic therapy encompasses a developmental model, a theory of personality, hypotheses about the origins of psychological disturbances and alterations, and various diagnostic and therapeutic techniques used in the therapeutic relationship. A wide range of techniques is employed, including those involving touch, movement, and breath.
Somatic therapy is both a science and an art, having evolved over the last seventy-five years from research in fields such as biology, anthropology, proxemics, ethology, neurophysiology, developmental psychology, and many other disciplines. Recent advances in the discipline include prenatal and perinatal somatics, as well as deeper explorations of the biopsychosocial impacts on the body-mind system.
Somatic therapy acknowledges the continuity and deep connections that all biopsychosocial processes contribute to the organization of the whole person.
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