New Dimensions in Body Psychotherapy

Nick Totton originally trained in Reichian therapy in the early 1980s and since then has worked as a psychotherapist and trainer based in Leeds. He has an M.A. in Psychoanalytic Studies from Leeds Metropolitan University, where he used to teach. His other books published by Open University Press include Personality and Character Types (with Michael Jacobs), Body Psychotherapy and The Politics of Psychotherapy.

• ContributorsIntroductionPart 1: New dimensions of theory Neuroscience and the 'Law of Self': The automonic nervous system updated, re-mapped and in relationshipPanic, biology and reason: Giving the body its dueEmbodied countertransferenceArticulating preverbial experienceDilemman around the ethical use of touch in psychotherapyPart 2: New dimensions of practiceRecovering and eliciting precursors of meaning: A psychodynamic perspective of the body in psychotherapy'In my flesh I shal see God': Jungian body psychotherapyEmbodying the sense of self: Body-Mind Centering® and authentic movement Continuum movementThe body in process workEmbodied-relational therapyIndex