Body Psychotherapy: Body-Centered Techniques

There’s a long tradition of body psychotherapy in the clinical setting. It facilitates the union between mind and body, allowing contact with emotions and perceptions. In fact, the ‘physical envelope’ is more than a wonderful structure that contains the human being. It’s a channel of expression and even a canvas on which suffering is drawn. Therapies such as EMDR ( Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing ) and the somatic experiencing approach, developed by psychiatrist Peter A. Levine, are two body-centered interventions. They’re considered to be effective in treating anxiety disorders. Body-centered interventions or body psychotherapy has to be carried out…