GETTING OUR BODIES BACK: Recovery, Healing & Transformation Through Body-Centered Psychotherapy
by Caldwell, Christine
ISBN: 1570621497
Publisher: Shambhala Publications
A habitual movement as common as nail-biting or toe-tapping can be the key for pulling out addictive behavior by the roots. Such is the claim of somatic psychology: these movement "tags" indicate the places where our bodies have become separated from the rest of our psyche. When brought to consciousness and confronted, they will often tell us very plainly where our psychological suffering originated, thus providing the most valuable keys imaginable for working with all sorts of addictive behavior-whether connected to substances, relationships, food, or shopping. Christine Caldwell has created an original model for working with body wisdom called the Moving Cycle. She describes how this therapeutic model has worked effectively in her own practice, and she provides numerous practical exercises that teach how we can listen to our bodies, confront addictive habits, and move in the direction of celebrating our innate wisdom and elegance. Christine Caldwell is the founder of the Somatic Psychology Department at Naropa Institute; the Director of the Moving Center, a center for body-centered psychotherapy; and a psychotherapist with a private practice in Boulder, Colorado.
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