Being with the Body in Depth Psychology

Development, Trauma, and Transformation in the Unspoken Realm
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-1-032-28608-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 236 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 340 g

Featuring a foreword by Donald Kalsched, this important book examines the integration of the subjectively experienced body in the practice of depth psychology.

Barbara Holifield draws from philosophical perspectives, neuroscientific and infant research, developmental theory, and trauma studies to offer a comprehensive overview of embodiment within a relationally based psychoanalytic approach. Clinical vignettes demonstrate the critical value of working with the bodily-felt dimension of implicit relational memory and emphasize how bodily-felt sense facilitates access to feelings. The mythopoetic reality revealed in depth psychotherapeutic process weaves all of this into a tapestry of personal meaning. Here the body serves as a portal to the numinous––healing that goes far beyond the relief of symptoms to a renewed sense of aliveness.

This book offers guiding principles for psychotherapists and clinicians of all levels to engage the bodily basis of experience in their clinical practice. It will appeal to general readers interested in integrating mind and body, including those in the healing arts, fine arts, dance, athletics, meditation, yoga, and martial arts.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Professional

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holifield, Barbara

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologie / Allgemeines & Theorie Psychologische Theorie, Psychoanalyse Psychoanalyse (C.G. Jung)

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword by Donald Kalsched  Introduction  1. The Way In  2. Sensing the Self, Sensing the World  3. Body-Based Inquiries  4. Attaining Embodiment: A Developmental Perspective  5. Forms of Vitality  6. Languaging the Body  7. The Significance of the Body in Transforming Trauma from a Depth Psychotherapeutic Perspective  8. The Body as Experienced by the Therapist  9. The Poetics of Embodiment  Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Barbara Holifield is a training analyst member of the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco. With her background in Somatic Experiencing, teaching Authentic Movement, and as a professor of Somatic Psychology, a deep feeling for the body pulses throughout her work.