By Vincentia Schroeter & Margit Koemeda, Editors of the IIBA Journal The following is a list of evidence based research in Bioenergetic Analysis as well as one article summarizing research in Bioenergetics as well as other body- oriented psychotherapies. Rohricht, …
Month: June 2017

The Importance of the Body in Therapy
All body expression has meaning. Consciously or unconsciously it reveals a person’s history and their personal stories. Movement happens deep in the body as an impulse and moves outward toward the environment in spontaneous expression of feeling. When this spontaneous …

The Eyes Have It! … Or Do They?
By Michael Brennan, MFT, CBT Part 1 I want to state at the outset that I consider the ocular segment to be the most overlooked and most complex segment of the human organism, and therefore, perhaps the most important. Most …

Motivated by Will or Pleasure
Book recommendation by Vincentia Schroeter, Phd, CBT In preparation for teaching I recently reread Al Lowen’s 1967 book, Betrayal of the Body. Although one of the students found the material “dense” there are many basic Bioenergetic concepts that are well …

Bioenergetics and a Paradoxical View of Sexuality
By Diana Guest, MFT, CBT This is an excerpt from the following article: Bioenergetics and a Paradoxical View of Sexuality: How Characterological Development is related to current erotic life! Abstract: Sexual health is one of the main priorities of Bioenergetic …

Attending to the Body (June 2017)
Modern Bioenergetic Analysis is a form of psychotherapy practiced by licensed psychotherapists with specialized training. It blends traditional therapeutic methods with body-centered techniques to help people resolve their emotional problems and enhance their well-being. Symptoms of unhappiness and stress, such …