ABSTRACT

By integrating principles from her background as a movement psychotherapist and movement analyst with key concepts from contemporary psychoanalysis, the author offers a new perspective on exploring the interrelationships between nonverbal and verbal 'articulation' in any therapy setting. The Embodied Self  provides a practical and experiential working model for developing therapists' embodied attentiveness, which will enhance their recognition of the sensori-affective manifestations of transference and countertransference. It will inform the work of psychotherapists and psychoanalysts, dance movement therapists, and body psychotherapists, as well as those involved in psychoanalytic observational studies. It will also be of great value to anyone interested in exploring the interrelationships between the psyche and the body.

part I|84 pages

Overview and Theory

part II|68 pages

Psychoanalytic Observational Studies

chapter |4 pages

Introduction

chapter SIX|21 pages

The infant's language

chapter SEVEN|16 pages

Falling into space

chapter EIGHT|10 pages

The social arena of the nursery

part III|56 pages

Clinical Case Studies

chapter |2 pages

Introduction

chapter NINE|14 pages

“I don't know where I come from”

chapter TEN|13 pages

“I don't know where I'm going”

chapter ELEVEN|11 pages

Signals from the solar plexus

chapter |5 pages

Summary of Part III

chapter TWELVE|6 pages

Conclusions