Our body does not know how to lie — an attentive observer will easily notice a discrepancy between what a person says and what gestures, movements, facial expressions accompany his words. By gait, posture, features of breathing and voice, one can judge the character of a person, and by the stiffness of some muscles — about his psychological difficulties. Working with the body is the main task of body-oriented psychotherapy.
Our body does not know how to lie — an attentive observer will easily notice a discrepancy between what a person says and what gestures, movements, facial expressions accompany his words. By gait, posture, features of breathing and voice, one can judge the character of a person, and by the stiffness of some muscles — about his psychological difficulties. Working with the body is the main task of body-oriented psychotherapy. The authors of this practical guide, psychotherapists Galina Timoshenko and Elena Leonenko, described in detail the various methods of this direction — one of the main ones in practical psychology. The book presents theories of personality that take into account bodily manifestations (which are lacking in personality theories of other therapeutic approaches), diagnostic criteria, as well as exercises that are used in psychotherapeutic work with the body.
Psychotherapy, 490 p.