ABSTRACT
This chapter presents three theoretical axes around which the identity of the body psychotherapist is organised: the organisational structure of the self, the theory of body-mind, and the body-mind character structure. It explores three levels of developmental organisation and the dynamic movement between those three. The chapter also presents the "form-flow" theory, a synthesis of varied theoretical sources, from body psychotherapy, modern physics, relational psychoanalysis, and spiritual traditions. It suggests three primary channels that assists us in organising the kaleidoscopic matrix of self: the somatic channel (bodily aspects), the linguistic channel (cognitive aspects), and the relational channel (organising relationships). Using theoretical concepts and clinical vignettes, the chapter demonstrates the importance of the flow-form cycle to the body psychotherapeutic process. Body psychotherapy presupposes that within every human organisation, and along the cognitive channel, each one of these channels is expressed: that every emotional-mental event will have a bodily expression and will also be expressed in (internalized/external) relationships, and vice versa.
