Contemporary Body Psychotherapy

<p><em>Contemporary Body Psychotherapy: The Chiron Approach</em> looks at the ground-breaking work of the London based Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy a training centre recognised worldwide by professionals in the field. The book brings together Chiron trainers and therapists describing how their integrative approach has enabled cutting-edge thinking.</p><p>Divided into two parts the book deals with topics including:</p><ul> <li>the roots and the development of the Chiron approach</li> <li>self-regulation – an evolving concept at the heart of body psychotherapy</li> <li>the evolution of an embodied integral and relational approach to psychotherapy</li> <li>moving towards an integrative model of trauma therapy</li> </ul><p>At a time when the psychotherapeutic profession has turned its interest towards the body and its intrinsic psychological dimension <em>Contemporary Body Psychotherapy: The Chiron Approach</em> offers a timely and valuable contribution to the literature. It will provide essential reading for those practicing or involved with body psychotherapy offering a new synthesis with the psychoanalytic tradition as well as appealing to a wider audience of mental health professionals and academics with an interest in the area.</p>