Speaking from the Body

Psychotherapists who practice Buddhist meditation can develop a heightened awareness of their own body sensations. This book describes the work of psychotherapists who had developed the skill of using their body-awareness inter-subjectively: their bodies had become sensitive instruments that resonated with the unconscious emotional and physical experiences of their patients and clients, in a form of body-based counter-transference. The author discusses clinical vignettes from the practice of six meditating psychotherapists, in New Zealand, Britain, and the USA, and describes ways in which self-other boundaries, both psychic and physical, were temporarily transcended in their work with patients.

• | Author: Paul Solomon
• | Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Mueller E.K.
• | Publication Date: May 16, 2008
• | Number of Pages: 124 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 3836481138
• | ISBN-13: 9783836481137