How Does Early Development Affect the Embodiment of the Clinical Encounter?

Julianne Appel-Opper

In my contribution, I focus on body-body-communications in therapeutic sessions. We learn an embodied language before we learn words and we continue to communicate in this Read more

How does early development effect the embodiment of the clinical encounter?

Ruella Frank, PhD

I practice as a gestalt psychotherapist; my practice is phenomenological and aesthetic. I began my training in 1982. Before that time, I studied infant movements Read more

How Does Early Development Affect the Embodiment of the Clinical Encounter?

Helena Vissing, PsyD

I want to start with a statement that in the shortest – and perhaps a bit hyperbolic – way captures my take on the question Read more

The Wilheim Reich Center for the Study of Embodiment Feb 24, 2024

Reflections On How Trauma and Dissociation Are Embodied

Heather Ferguson, LCSW

I want to acknowledge the panelists’ significant contributions to the study of aesthetic, improvisational, sensorial, unconscious, Read more

by Henry Markman

In this limited time I’m going talk about my work with traumatized-dissociated patients, particularly those with early relational developmental trauma, and some of the ideas the guide me.

We can’t talk about trauma and dissociation without Read more

2nd Wilhelm Reich Center Conversation

February 24, 2024

HOW ARE TRAUMA AND DISSOCIATION EMBODIED?

Françoise Davoine,

 “I turn to stone and my pain goes on,” said Wittgenstein, in his Philosophical Investigations. (§ 288)[1] . He had suffered Read more