1st Edition

Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy

By Phil Mollon Copyright 2008
    520 Pages
    by Routledge

    520 Pages
    by Routledge

    People like to talk. We know that talking to an attentive and thoughtful listener can be helpful in clarifying conscious and unconscious feelings, thoughts, and motivations. But is talk enough? The complex physiology of anxiety and traumatic stress reactions is often stubbornly persistent, despite therapeutic exploration in both conscious and unconscious areas of the mind. In the case of severe trauma, talking can stir up the emotions and associated bodily disturbance without providing any resolution - sometimes leaving clients feeling worse. The developing field of energy psychology offers an entirely new perspective and gamut of techniques for locating where these traumatic patterns are encoded. They are not in the mind - but in the energy system at the interface of psyche and soma. By addressing these realms concurrently, a powerful therapeutic synergy emerges that allows rapid and deep shifts in the patterns of distress that drive the psychosomatic system.

    Disclaimer , Introductory remarks—and rationale for psychoanalytic energy psychotherapy , The essence of energy psychology , History: how did we get to modern energy psychology? , Some simple beginnings–tapping points and procedures, using EFT as a derivative of Thought Field Therapy , Basic procedures in an energy psychology session , Neurological (energetic) disorganisation , Psychological reversal and associated resistances , Muscle testing (energy checking or body dowsing) , 'Parts' and programmes—and other elements of the structure and functioning of the psychoenergetic system , Energy toxins , Working with the chakras , Some thoughts on Tapas Acupressure Technique [TAT] , The energy perspective , Freud, Reich, and bioelectrical energy—from libido to Qi , Is the 'energy' concept necessary? A cognitive model of Emotional Freedom Technique , Energy psychology perspectives and therapies for borderline and other personality disorders , A systematic review 1 of the evidence base for energy psychology methods , Case studies , Ethical aspects of energy psychological work—dangers of idealisation and illusions of knowing

    Biography

    Phil Mollon