Editor's Note
March/April 2019
For many years after, body therapy remained a semi-underground movement within the field. Now increasing numbers of clinicians are utilizing highly interactive, body-based approaches to help clients locate the somatic sources of their pain as well as discover new pathways to aliveness and joy.
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The Touch Taboo
Are We Missing a Vital Source of Healing?
March/April 2019
Polyvagal Theory offers a new kind of somatic road map for guiding both therapists and clients toward safety and connection. It can also empower therapists to tap into a vital source of healing that most view with great trepidation—the power of touch.
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From Margin to Mainstream
Peter Levine’s Bottom-Up Approach to Healing
March/April 2019
Body psychotherapy, once shrouded in controversy, has gained growing acceptance in the wider field. So how do these popular bottom-up approaches actually work?
An Interview with Peter Levine
Turning Psychotherapy Bottom Up
March/April 2019
Peter Levine, developer of Somatic Experiencing, takes us inside his seemingly intuitive approach and reveals the guiding principles that inform his work.
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Character Work
What Therapists Can Learn from Actors
March/April 2019
Therapists can flop in their “performance” with clients, coming off as inauthentic or over the top. One former actor discovers how to embody the kind of “scene partner” his clients need him to be.
Tips for a Sedentary Profession
Sitting Up!
March/April 2019
Therapists spend much of the day sitting in a chair. But most don’t consider how the way they sit affects the therapy experience for both them and their clients.
Kindling the Spark
The Healing Power of Expressive Arts
March/April 2019
Aliveness is not an experience we think or talk ourselves into; it’s a state of being we feel in our bodies. An expressive arts therapist shows how creativity, movement, and play can help traumatized clients find their way toward vitality and healing.
Welcome to Holland
When Life Takes a Detour
March/April 2019
What do you do when your life’s expectations get turned upside down?
Dying Well
Humanizing Our Overmedicalized System
March/April 2019
Hospital protocols have replaced the time-honored customs that once enabled the dying to be lead actors in their life’s final drama. Why do we spend so much on last ditch medical treatments while depriving so many of what they need to die with dignity and peace?
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Clinician's Digest
ASMR Videos: A New Tool for Therapists?
March/April 2019
Videos designed to elicit ASMR, a physiological state some people find soothing, get millions of views online. Now clinicians are debating whether they could be a useful therapeutic tool.
In Consultation
Disarming the Verbal Bully: Four Ways to Push Pause
March/April 2019
At a time when verbal bullies seem to feel increasingly empowered, here are four offbeat ways to push pause on their toxic verbiage.
Case Study
Storm Damage: Angry Words Can Sink a Relationship
March/April 2019
Even though partners may forgive each other after a heated argument, the hurtful words that were hurled can be haunting nonetheless.
Point of View
Toward a New Vision for Healthcare: Bringing Therapists and Physicians Together
March/April 2019
When it comes to addressing the profound impact of trauma, pediatrician Nadine Burke Harris is calling for primary care physicians and therapists to develop new forms of collaboration that could transform our healthcare system.
Bookmarks
Where the Trauma Never Ends: Inside Chicago’s Urban War Zones
March/April 2019
Chicago’s inner city has long been termed an “urban war zone.” A new book by acclaimed journalist Alex Kotlowitz reveals the personal stories of trauma and grief, as well as solace and support, that unfold over one summer.
Family Matters
The Shopping Trip: Showing Up Is Its Own Reward
March/April 2019
Sometimes you learn your most important life lessons from the person who most frustrates and disappoints you.
