Pat Ogden, Janina Fisher – Sensorimotor Psychotherapy: Interventions for Trauma and Attachment

(Norton Series on Interpersonal Neurobiology)

It is a treasure trove of practical information and ready-to-use materials that you can use over a client’s entire healing journey. I gleaned a lot from the book that can enhance my work with clients who have suffered trauma and those who have not. Ogden and Fisher have taken a pragmatic approach to creating a workbook for therapists. Both old and new to the world of trauma therapy can benefit from this flow. – The psychologist.

For therapists who want to learn more about how the brain-body connection influences the lives of clients. They made it easy to use the book in therapy sessions and to use the text directly with clients. Clients who recognize that their traumatic experiences affect both the mind and the body may finally find some healing. – It’s PsychCentral.

Icorporating both a practical and theoretical perspective serves to bridge the gap between body psychology and other practices. The vast amount of information presented makes it useful for practitioners of all degrees of experience. – Somatic therapy is happening today.

This impressive and illuminating book, written for therapists and clients alike, provides a wealth of clinical wisdom and knowledge of the body that can be easily integrated into any other psychotherapeutic framework. – The European Society for Trauma and Dissociation publishes a newsletter.

The body is unconscious in its most immediate form. In. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Pat Ogden shared the reality of this miracle as a here-and-now adventure that brings its full psychotherapeutic meaning to life. The emotional power of the body is so clearly grasped that it becomes a channel of communication between people, and neuroscience is therapeutically expanded beyond the individual brain/mind and the individual body. Pat Ogden is a thrilling author and may be transformational for many readers. Philip M. Bromberg is an author. The growth of the mind is related to the Shadow of the Tsunami.

The nonverbal language of gestures, postures, and facial expressions reflect the inner maps that determine our orientation to our surroundings. Pat explores how our engagement to the world is not primarily expressed in words or concepts, but by how we move and connect. The accessible book promises to be the guide for therapists and patients alike to explore and transform persistent maladaptive behavior patterns. I hope that every therapy training program has something to offer. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. The required reading list is near the top. The Medical Director of the Trauma Center at Justice Resource Institute is Bessel van der Kolk.

That’s right. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. The book provides a bridge between traditional psychotherapy and body-oriented therapies. In this discipline-changing volume, Pat Ogden decodes the crucial role that the body plays in regulating. The book can be used to help the reader understand the voice and vocabulary of the body. When the spoken word fails, the body uses gestures, postures, facial expressions, and vocalizations to communicate in a complex social world. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. The reader should be equipped with the tools necessary to link the intuitions of the body and the words of the personal narrative. Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; author. The Polyvagal Theory is a theory.

That’s right. Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Pat Ogden’s book is a must-read for anyone interested in communication, dissociation, and trauma. The book integrates theory and clinical practice based on research in trauma, attachment, infancy, and neurobiology. Ogden draws our attention to the narrative which may be different from the verbal one. Habitual postures, alignment, gestures, and rhythms are adapted to past experiences, but they may still be outdated. The book offers many entry ports into these strategies, focusing on the body as the target of therapeutic action. Pat Ogden has made an outstanding contribution to our field. Professor of Medical Psychology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University.

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