Affect Regulation and Origin of the Self

Allan Schore

This volume collates an impressive body of current research in neurobiology, developmental psychopathology and psychoanalysis. It documents the fundamental importance of right brain-to-right brain bodily based communication for the development of ourselves in relationship.

Infant Research and Adult Treatment

Beebe & Lachmann

State of the art clinical and observational research details the split-second, implicit, nonverbal process by which both parent and child and therapist and patient influence each other. This is a systems view of relationship: each member of the dyad and the interaction itself all simultaneously influence each other and are affected by each other.

General Theory of Love

Lewis, Amini & Lannon

This is a moving book, poetic and yet loaded with scientific data. Written for the layman, it describes empathy as "limbic resonance" and details that it is our implicit, nonverbal nervous system which underlies our capacity for intimacy.

The Two-Person Construction of Defenses

K Lyons-Ruth

This research report will provide an overview of recent work charting the developmental pathways and family processes associated with disorganized forms of .... on the Adult Attachment Interview (for review, see Lyons-Ruth & Jacobvitz, 1999) suggest that aspects of parent-infant interaction contribute to the development of ...
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The Shadow of the Tsunami: and the Growth of the Relational Mind

Philip M. Bromberg

During early development, every human being is exposed to the relative impact of relational trauma – disconfirmation of aspects of oneself as having legitimate existence in the world of others – in shaping both the capacity for spontaneous human relatedness and the relative vulnerability to "adult-onset trauma."

The Musical Edge of Therapeutic Dialogue

Steven H. Knoblauch

Such nuances and shifts in the music of a patient's voice have long been familiar to clinicians. Indeed, as Steven Knoblauch observes, the music of psychotherapy has been acknowledged across a variety of theoretical orientations, from Freudian to self-psychological to interpersonal and relational perspectives. 

Somatic Experience in Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy: In the expressive language of the living

William F Cornell

The body, of both the patient and the analyst, is increasingly a focus of attention in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice, especially from a relational perspective. There is a renewed regard for the understanding of embodied experience and sexuality as essential to human vitality. However, most of the existing literature has been written by analysts with no formal training in body-centered work. In this book William Cornell draws on his experience as a body-centered psychotherapist to offer an informed blend of the two traditions.

Helpful Sites

• European Body Psychotherapy
• The International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis
• International Institute for Biosynthesis
• Dr. Ivan: Depression Central
• Bioenergetics Chicago
• The Dallas Society for Bioenergetic Analysis
• Central Canada Society for Bioenergetic Analysis
• San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis
• Stressless Workplace
• The United States Association for Body Psychotherapy