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> <p><em>Hartley</em>, Introduction. <strong>Part I: The Development of Core Principles and Theory.</strong> <strong>Ground and Roots.</strong> <em>Eiden</em>, The Roots and the Development of the Chiron Approach. <em>Schaible</em>, Biodynamic Massage as a Body Therapy and a Tool in Body Psychotherapy. <em>Reynolds</em>, Gestalt Body Psychotherapy. <strong>The Crucible.</strong> <em>Soth</em>, From Humanistic Holism Via the ‘Integrative Project’ Towards Integral-relational Body Psychotherapy. <em>Carroll</em>, Self-regulation – An Evolving Concept at the Heart of Body Psychotherapy. <em>Asheri</em>, To Touch or Not to Touch: A Relational Body Psychotherapy Perspective. <em>Ablack</em>, The Body-mind Dynamics of Working with Diversity. <strong>Part II: New Directions and Applications.</strong> <strong>An Intimate Perspective.</strong> <em>Stauffer</em>, The Use of Neuroscience in Body Psychotherapy: Theoretical and Clinically Relevant Aspects. <em>Landale</em>, Working with Psychosomatic Distress and Developmental Trauma: A Clinical Illustration. <em>Keary</em>, Do We? Can We Look at the Disabled Body? <em>Heitzler</em>, Towards an Integrative Model of Trauma Therapy. <em>Warnecke</em>, The Borderline Relationship. <em>Clark</em>, Facing the Abuser in the Abused in Body Psychotherapy. <strong>Changing Socio-political Contexts.</strong> <em>Waterston</em>, Body Psychotherapy, Social Theory, Marxism and Civil War. <em>Hartley</em>, Concluding Words. </p>