Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Section 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; Section 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; Section III Current Challenges: Possible Futures; 13 Bodies and Boundaries
Summary
Somatic psychology and bodymind therapy (the simultaneous study of the mind and body) are challenging contemporary understandings of the psyche, of what it means to be human and how to heal human suffering
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-224) and index
