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Why Body Psychotherapy?: A Conversation

Pages 256-262
Published online: 28 Dec 2017
 
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This dialogue between a verbally based psychotherapist and a body-oriented psychotherapist examines some of the meanings of somatic experience in psychotherapy. The authors explore the similarities and differences in verbal and somatically based styles of theoretical orientation and intervention. Among the questions considered are: How do we think about the place of the body in the therapeutic process? What are the functions of touch? Is touch necessary to work with the body? How can body-centered interventions enhance more traditional modes of psychotherapy?

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N. Michel Landaiche

William F. Cornell, M.A., Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (psychotherapy), is a psychotherapist, supervisor, consultant, and trainer. He is editor of the ITAA newsletter, The Script, and a coeditor of the Transactional Analysis Journal. His work reflects his training in transactional analysis, phenomenology, psychoanalysis, and body-centered psychotherapy. He may be contacted at 145 44th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15201, USA, or by e-mail .
N. Michel Landaiche, III, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist for the student counseling center at Carnegie Mellon University. He can be contacted at 515 South Aiken Avenue, #509, Pittsburgh, PA 15232, U.S.A., or by e-mail at .
 

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