Synopses & Reviews
Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy (the simultaneous study of the mind and body)are challenging contemporaryunderstandings of the psyche, of what it means to be human and how to heal human suffering. This book discusses these areas of study.
Review
'Barnaby Barratt's work is essential for students not only in the field of somatic psychology but for any clinicians who need to understand the intricate impacts of bodily experience on healing and human development. Its publication in paperback is a welcome event making it more widely available for academic courses and workshops.'
- Don Hanlon Johnson, Professor of Somatics, California Institute of Integral Studies, USA
Review
"This is a read-from-start-to-finish book - to skip around the sections undermines the power of Barratt's scholarly crafted argument that challenges the status quo while also explaining how it came to be and offering a way out." - Somatic Psychotherapy Today
"Barnaby Barratt has written an overview of somatic psychotherapy that is extraordinary in its mature scholarly depth and breadth of presentation. It is radical or prophetic in its implications for somatic ways of cultivating awareness." - Hakoumi Forum
Synopsis
SECTION I: Introducing a New Discipline Psychology at the Crossroads Epistemic Shifting Illustrations of Bodymind Therapy Healing Matters The State of Emergence SECTION II: Sources: Ancient and Contemporary Psychoanalytic Discoveries Somatic Psychodynamics Philosophical and Cultural Studies Western Traditions of Bodywork The Influx of Asian Wisdom Shamanic Practices and Transpersonal Psychologies The Advances of Neuroscience SECTION III: Current Challenges: Possible Futures Bodies and Boundaries The Inherent Sexuality of Being Human Oppression and the Momentum of Liberation Bodily Paths to Spiritual Awakening The Future of Human Awareness Bibliography
Synopsis
Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy (the simultaneous study of the mind and body)are challenging contemporaryunderstandings of the psyche, of what it means to be human and how to heal human suffering. This book discusses these areas of study.
About the Author
BARNABY BARRATT is Chair of Somatic and Clinical Psychology at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute.
Table of Contents
PART I: INTRODUCING A NEW DISCIPLINE
1. Psychology at the Crossroads
2. Epistemic Shifting
3. Illustrations of Bodymind Therapy
4. Healing Matters
5. The State of Emergence
PART II: SOURCES: ANCIENT AND CONTEMPORARY
6. Psychoanalytic Discoveries
7. Somatic Psychodynamics
8. Philosophical and Cultural Studies
9. Western Traditions of Bodywork
10. The Influx of Asian Wisdom
11. Shamanic Practices and Transpersonal Psychologies
12. The Advances of Neuroscience
PART III: CURRENT CHALLENGES: POSSIBLE FUTURES
13. Bodies and Boundaries
14. The Inherent Sexuality of Being Human
15. Oppression and the Momentum of Liberation
16. Bodily Paths to Spiritual Awakening
17. The Future of Human Awareness
Bibliography