Main description:

- distinctive contribution, the first book in psychotherapeutic literature to address how to incorporate physical touch specifically into clinical practice - offers comprehensive clinical model

Contents:

Introduction 1. Stolen Bodies and Sacred Spaces 2. A Model of Informed Physical Contact 3. My Experience of Embodies Therapy 4. Training, Study, and the Art of Embodied Therapy 5. Brief Embodied Therapy 6. Embodied Misattunements and Mistakes That Are Part of Treatment and Boundary Violations That Are Not 7. Mike: An Integration of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and Embodied Therapy 8. Jodie: Childhood Trauma 9. Jodie: Adult Trauma 10. Jodie: Mind and Body Integration 11. Embodied Work in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Without Touch 12. Further Considerations and Ongoing Discussions about Embodied Therapy