A middle-aged man explores his troubled relationship with the body his genetics have saddled him with. Read more
Ann explains how imbuing body parts with feelings can lead clients to more embodied and clarifying emotional experiences than talk alone can provide. Read more
Therapists should not only be aware of their prejudices toward higher-weight clients, but should commit themselves to challenge those attitudes as well. Read more
It’s the very fact that both emotion and reasoning ability are held hostage by their body’s continuing physical reaction to trauma that makes healing so... Read more
It’s an article of faith among many somatically-oriented practitioners that the body knows more, knows it more directly, and expresses it more honestly than... Read more
Most of us put much too much faith in the power of our conscious minds to bring about lasting change. Instead of looking up the higher branches of... Read more
Learning even a little about nutrition and diet can greatly enhance therapists’ ability to help clients with mood problems. Read more
Most clients have automatic habits of thinking, feeling, and verbalizing experiences that imprison them in a world of gray sameness. How do we help them... Read more
Although the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked is widely accepted in our field, many clinicians remain too focused on words to hear the... Read more
Maggie Phillips describes how attachment issues can play a big part in unreleased trauma. Read more
Watch Richard Brown and Patricia Gerbarg demonstrate a therapeutic breathing exercise used to treat anxiety in session. Read more
Since psychotherapists are not routinely trained to factor in the role of nutrition, Leslie Korn’s focus on why and how to incorporate nutritional... Read more
Amy Weintraub shares a quick 3-minute tutorial on how to breathe to calm the stress response system. Read more
Recently, therapists have begun to use simple, no-mat yoga practices to help clients whose minds are racing or fogged. Read more
A new book exposes the story of the corporate competition for our taste buds and ever-expanding tummies. Read more
For more than 25 years, Pat Ogden has been at the forefront of developing somatic approaches that can succeed where the talking cure fails. Read more
An alternative to the old talking cure is expanding the knowledge base of psychotherapy as we recognize the role that exercise, nutrition, spirituality... Read more
Despite the common cultural notion that anyone can successfully lose weight---constantly reinforced by the $60 billion-a-year diet industry---at least 95... Read more
The key to working effectively with eating disorders is understanding that starving, bingeing, and purging aren't simply bad habits. For treatment to work, it... Read more
Attuned eating can take people beyond the dead end of the diet mentality. Read more
While learning Qigong, a psychotherapist unlearns the Western mindset that has been keeping him, and his clients, stuck. Read more
A variety of easy-to-use yogic breathing techniques can add a new dimension to treatment with depressed and anxious clients. Read more
This article first appeared in the January/February 2006 issue. There are many ways to say “I don’t know.” She was a diminutive woman... Read more
More and more chronic pain patients are being referred to therapists after their physicians conclude that they show every appearance of being healed. Read more
Therapy can too easily become reduced to two talking heads, spinning out tales. But treatment can be intensified and enlivened by tapping into our immediate... Read more
Families facing a disabling illness often take refuge in a collective folie. Read more
.svg)