Jedi

I stared to learn about Bodynamic when I was a child. My grandmother, Lisbeth developed the system and my mother was teaching it.  A lot of the work was about how to heal after various types of trauma. I used the system and its methods and understanding a lot, consciously to make myself better in different areas. Unconsciously it was used by my parents and grandparents to heal my personal traumas as a child, as I had a serious health issue. I remember clearly how often Lisbeth would remind me to put focus on my center. I thought it was very irritating. She would often say: “sense your center, sense your center”.

2022-09-02T21:28:13+00:00September 2nd, 2022|General Psychology|

Building up Hope – Webinar

Bodynamic is offering a Free Webinar in these Corona times. If you are feeling down or feel like you have lost hope, this webinar is for you. Hope can create miracles. Hope can decide who lives and who dies. Hope can support you in choosing life instead of the fear of death. Hope is contagious – the best virus in the world. You can do what you want, if you want what you [...]

2021-04-05T10:17:38+00:00April 28th, 2020|General Psychology|

It Takes Courage to Stay in the Shy Moments

It Takes Courage to Stay in the Shy Moments By Hadi Bahlawan Marcher  and Lene Wisbom A man enters a party with many new people. To join in and as an attempt to connect with these unfamiliar people he makes a joke. Everyone stares at him, no one laughs. The joke falls flat because it was loaded with harsh humour and this party was not the best place to share [...]

2021-04-05T10:15:24+00:00June 16th, 2018|General Psychology|

Individuation, Mutual Connection, and the Body’s Resources

Because of new research into child development, the developmental perspective has captured the attention of the therapeutic community for the last fifteen years, and it is transforming the way therapy is being carried out. Most schools of body psychotherapy have also been deeply impacted by this shift, but most have had to rely on theories that address primarily psychological development to inform their work. In this interview, I discuss the formation of a truly somatically based theory of human development with its founder, Lisbeth Marcher.

2017-11-13T21:40:02+00:00November 13th, 2017|General Psychology|

Energy Concepts and Body Psychotherapy

When we work with clients or train therapists one of the models we use is - a "Model of energy fields", developed by Lisbeth Marcher. This energy model is especially inspired by Danish spiritual teacher Jes Bertelsen and Lisbeth’s studies of intercultural issues. We use this model to find out how an issue that we are working with interrelates in the greater picture. It is important for us to know which other fields the issue has to be integrated with.

2017-11-02T19:51:14+00:00October 28th, 2017|General Psychology|

Being a Body Psychotherapist – and the Bodynamic System

When I work, I use both verbal and non-verbal interventions. I analyze, I make contracts, I integrate cognitive, behavioral, somatic and social elements, I touch (in ways that can be supportive, neutral and/or evoking), I work from ethical guidelines, I teach and I confront, I use developmental theory and character structure theory, I use transference and countertransference concepts, and much more. My intention is to help clients with issues that prevent them from functioning in the world, help them to overcome obstacles and to develop new resources.

2021-02-18T16:22:07+00:00October 27th, 2017|General Psychology|

Scientific Validation of The Bodynamic System

In terms of understanding the scientific validation of The Bodynamic System, we alternate between calling it The Bodynamic System (Analysis), The Bodynamic Analysis, Bodynamic Analysis and The Bodynamic System. It is the same, but occurs owing to a recent name change from Analysis to System, which signals that our System includes so many models and concepts, and that we traverse (go across) officially recognized boundaries between different professional disciplines.

2017-10-27T19:17:05+00:00October 27th, 2017|General Psychology|

The Art of Undoing Knots

It is a common experience that language is not a very precise means of communication. Very often we encounter misunderstandings like “but I thought that …” or “didn’t you say that …?” Maybe you do a certain thing in the belief that it is going to make somebody else happy, and then it does not. Or you “follow your intuition”, and it turns out to be all wrong. If such misunderstandings are not cleared up, the result may be complicated conflicts, ruined friendships and lost business possibilities.

2017-10-27T04:20:43+00:00October 27th, 2017|General Psychology|

Challenges on the way towards a common ground of body psychotherapy – Body psychotherapy versus the established areas of psychology. 

I believe that we need to move towards a common ground of body psychotherapy, and also that we need to enter into a more professional dialogue with the world of established and academic psychologists. These are no easy challenges. I will address some of the difficulties I see as connected to these processes including what I perceive as our fears and resistances. And I will suggest a few steps in both (interconnected) directions: what is the common ground of body psychotherapy and how can we establish a dialogue with the world of academic psychologists?

2017-12-20T22:52:46+00:00October 26th, 2017|General Psychology|

Caring for yourself while caring for others

What does it actually mean to care for oneself? Some of the first words that come to mind are personal integrity, to feel oneself and to listen to oneself.  One of the great gestalt therapists was once asked: Who was more important the client or the therapist? The answer was the therapist. It is a provocative way of seeing it, but the point is true. If the therapist does not see him/herself as the most important, it is not possible to help the client fully. 

2017-12-16T00:36:01+00:00October 26th, 2017|General Psychology|
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