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Article or website name: What scientific research says about body psychotherapy: A review of the empirical literature on body-oriented psychotherapy
Author: May, John
Institution: The Radix Institute
Country: USA
Type: Body-Psychotherapy Education & Courses
URL: www.radix.org
(from article) 'Radix is one of many forms of body psychotherapy. I have seen estimates that there are as many as 100 named "brands" of body psychotherapy. Like many forms of body psychotherapy, Radix can trace its roots to the work of Wilhelm Reich. Reich was a controversial figure, revered by some, regarded as a fraud by others. He established his work and theories outside of the traditional scientific and medical communities, and in many ways, in defiance of them. The forms of body psychotherapy that followed tended to inherit this stance apart from the traditional scientific world. One result is that relatively little empirical work on the effects of body-oriented psychotherapy has been published, especially in peer reviewed journals. Until I did one, I don't believe that there had ever been a comprehensive review of the empirical literature on body-oriented psychotherapy. Such a review was badly needed. I spent several months contacting the English language empirical literature on body-oriented psychotherapy. This is a summary of what I found. For those who want to go beyond this summary, a more complete version is in the Proceedings of the Conference of the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy, held in Boulder, Colorado, in June, 1998.'
Author's institution: USABP Contact: JohnMay63141@aol.com Language: English Country origin: USA
Entry number: 3335 English version:
Entry source: Courtenay Young Entered by: Courtenay Young Entry date: 1 January 2006
Key Phrases: Body Psychotherapy - Radix References: 24 refs Other information: (see 2988)