ABSTRACT
This chapter reviews some of the psychotherapeutic methods developed by John Diamond, M.D., which have been variably referred to as behavioral kinesiology (BK), the Diamond method, and life energy analysis. His work represents an integration of psychiatry, preventative and psychosomatic medicine, psychoanalysis, music, and the humanities. While Goodheart (1987) has attended somewhat to the mental aspect of the triad of health by employing the emotional neurovascular reflexes,* Diamond’s is the first comprehensive effort to utilize applied kinesiology principles in the diagnosis and treatment of psychological problems. Although we have space for only little more than a cursory exploration of his approach, it nonetheless lays some of the groundwork for that which follows. The inquisitive reader will want to explore Diamond’s approach in greater depth.†
John Diamond, M.D., graduated from Sydney University Medical School in 1957 and obtained his diploma of psychiatric medicine in 1962. He is currently a Fellow of the Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatry and a Member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists of Great Britain. After practicing psychiatry in Australia, he came to the United States where he expanded into complementary medicine, becoming president of the International Academy of Preventative Medicine (IAPM).
