Comments on: A Brief History of Body-Psychotherapy http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/ Exploring Healthy Psychotherapy Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:50:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Aylee Welch, LICSW http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13549 Aylee Welch, LICSW Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:36:33 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13549 Hi everybody, I appreciate your comments on my article! I want to respond to the issue of using exercise in therapy. In order to be therapeutic it needs to go beyond just exercise. Exercise for the sake of exercise is wonderful to discharge energy or to build a charge in a depleted system, but in order for it to lead to change the movements have to be connected with all of the levels of being. This means with the opening of the physical body (in a therapeutic setting) we can find the energy that is fused to past images. The material has been blocked but once we get it moving there will be a corresponding emotional response and a connection with our our thought patterns and then we have to work to see how we have acted in our life in accordance with the information we took in around the old experience. So therapeutically the exercise is good to open the system, and even to change the physical structure so that it doesn't keep pulling us back to an old attitude, but it MUST be used in concise ways that is connected with developmental theory and specific techniques in order to lead to lasting change. Used in groups it can provoke attitudes that we hold but may not be aware of. Perhaps when I have time I can write more about all of this! Thanks again for your interest, Aylee Welch, LICSW Hi everybody,

I appreciate your comments on my article! I want to respond to the issue of using exercise in therapy. In order to be therapeutic it needs to go beyond just exercise. Exercise for the sake of exercise is wonderful to discharge energy or to build a charge in a depleted system, but in order for it to lead to change the movements have to be connected with all of the levels of being. This means with the opening of the physical body (in a therapeutic setting) we can find the energy that is fused to past images. The material has been blocked but once we get it moving there will be a corresponding emotional response and a connection with our our thought patterns and then we have to work to see how we have acted in our life in accordance with the information we took in around the old experience.

So therapeutically the exercise is good to open the system, and even to change the physical structure so that it doesn’t keep pulling us back to an old attitude, but it MUST be used in concise ways that is connected with developmental theory and specific techniques in order to lead to lasting change. Used in groups it can provoke attitudes that we hold but may not be aware of. Perhaps when I have time I can write more about all of this! Thanks again for your interest,

Aylee Welch, LICSW

]]> By: Denise http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13489 Denise Sat, 29 Nov 2008 19:16:49 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13489 It interests me a great deal when you talk of using exercise as a form of therapy. I have been doing this on a very personal level for a long time. Exercise brings me the balance I need- a great stress reliever for me and helps me focus on maintaining both a helthy mind and body. I definitely think this is worth people pursuing. It interests me a great deal when you talk of using exercise as a form of therapy. I have been doing this on a very personal level for a long time. Exercise brings me the balance I need- a great stress reliever for me and helps me focus on maintaining both a helthy mind and body. I definitely think this is worth people pursuing.

]]> By: patty http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13315 patty Sat, 22 Nov 2008 19:03:48 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13315 Does this program or therapy include studying of the Chakras? I have read a little about your energy, mind and the Chakras and how to use it to heal your body. I think this would be very good therapy. Does this program or therapy include studying of the Chakras? I have read a little about your energy, mind and the Chakras and how to use it to heal your body. I think this would be very good therapy.

]]> By: Liza http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13245 Liza Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:51 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13245 As a student in a graduate psychology program I appreciate the history lesson. Thanks! As a student in a graduate psychology program I appreciate the history lesson. Thanks!

]]> By: Tarra http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13233 Tarra Wed, 19 Nov 2008 11:07:15 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13233 It's hard to see someone give up. We really need to see ours as well as others needs being met. It’s hard to see someone give up. We really need to see ours as well as others needs being met.

]]> By: Keely http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13193 Keely Tue, 18 Nov 2008 10:26:39 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13193 really like this article... sounds like that maybe meditation would also fit in here for the body and mind therapy really like this article… sounds like that maybe meditation would also fit in here for the body and mind therapy

]]> By: Brad http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13175 Brad Tue, 18 Nov 2008 03:43:20 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13175 interesting article. i'm sure therapy has to heal both the body and mind to restore a persons balance interesting article. i’m sure therapy has to heal both the body and mind to restore a persons balance

]]> By: Rick A http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13147 Rick A Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:01:33 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13147 Just confirmation of the many things we have known all along. Thanks to the author for giving us something else to mull over and to help give all of our patients the best care possible. Just confirmation of the many things we have known all along. Thanks to the author for giving us something else to mull over and to help give all of our patients the best care possible.

]]> By: kendall http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13137 kendall Mon, 17 Nov 2008 11:11:07 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13137 I truly believe that exercise makes you feel alive. I exercise a couple days a week and really feel so much better afterwards, even all day long. This was a great article and believe that you have to feel good mentally and physically. I truly believe that exercise makes you feel alive. I exercise a couple days a week and really feel so much better afterwards, even all day long. This was a great article and believe that you have to feel good mentally and physically.

]]> By: therapydoc http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13127 therapydoc Mon, 17 Nov 2008 03:48:33 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13127 We've known for years, in other words, that everything mental is physical, too. We’ve known for years, in other words, that everything mental is physical, too.

]]> By: Trish http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-psychotherapy-history/comment-page-1/#comment-13097 Trish Sun, 16 Nov 2008 02:09:32 +0000 http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1125#comment-13097 Interesting historical article. Thanks for that- it is rare to read something that gives you insight to the development of many of the theories of psychotherapy. Thanks for providing this. Interesting historical article. Thanks for that- it is rare to read something that gives you insight to the development of many of the theories of psychotherapy. Thanks for providing this.

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