Bodymind Integrated Psychotherapy (IP) uses the body as a entrance for psychotherapeutic exploration. This adds a lot; the body speaks direct and answers clear. IP sessions bring insight into your physical, mental, and emotional blockages, and you develop concrete tools to experience more vitality and opportunities for self-expression in your daily life. It teaches you to recognize strategies that you use in daily contact to be loved, but which can also stand in the way of deeper contact. It s based on the framework of Reich and Lowen’s character styles.

An important element of this 4-year training is the dynamics around distance and closeness. What feels too close for one person, another experiences as too far away. By exploring the narcissistic and co-dependent layer of your own character, you can better place yourself on this spectrum. This helps you to guide these difficult dynamics in your interactions.

The curriculum includes group dynamics, bioenergetics, body drama, breathwork, and body-oriented communication. In addition, there is a lot of focus on the fundaments and importance of the therapeutic relationship and the therapists contribution to it.

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