Bodynamic Psychotherapy  and Analysis           

The Bodynamic System – Somatic Psychotherapy and Analysis – is a pioneering method of somatic developmental psychology and psychotherapy that integrates current research in the psychomotor development of children, cognitive and depth psychotherapy, brain research, and special emphasis on the quality of contact and on healthy relationship.
The human body is integrated into the therapy through precise knowledge of the psychological function of each muscle, based on data obtained from 30 years of systematic studies on child development and the psychotherapy experience of adult clients. (more…)

News

Long awaited Lisbeth Marcher's new book Body Encyclopedia: A Guide to the Psychological Functions of the Muscular System is published and will be available on December. There are some reviews from distinguished people on the fields of psychology and psychotherapy:
 
..."I believe that most schools of psychology and therapy have failed to understand fundamental ways humans use to make meaning about themselves in the world.  Marcher and Fich, and other bodynamic colleagues make a stunning step forward in overcoming our error by deepening our understanding of meaning making.  Their bodynamic system provides us with powerful insights into the meanings made in the body and their psychological actualization. I particularly value their fundamental developmental framework, especially because so much of what I study in infants is only body dynamics.  Their approach helps us to understand the pathways humans move through and how it will help us to work effectively with our patients, young and old."...

----Ed Tronick
University Distinguished Professor
Department of Psychology
University of Massachusetts
Chief Faculty
University of Massachusetts Infant-Parent Post Graduate Certificate Program
Director, Child Development Unit
Children's Hospital Boston
Harvard Medical School

..."The Body Encyclopaedia brings together 40 years of rigorous research, of theory and practice in the field of Mind-Body Psychothera.The book is amazing in its cope and of practical use to both the general public and the most experienced somatic psychotherapist. There is nothing like it in the world today, read it, access what level to “home in on” from the most precise anatomical understanding of the human condition to the numerous practice exercises generously articulated throughout the book. The field of body psychotherapy has always been long on theory, case histories and short on grounded empirical research. This offering from Lisbeth Marcher and Sonja Fich and their Bodynamic colleagues brings a whole new level of essential knowledge to the field."...
 
----Ian Macnaughton Ph.D, R.C.C.,
Past President B.C. Association of Clinical Counsellors,
Editor, Body, Breath & Consciousness and Editor Embodying the Mind & Minding the Body.

..."The Body Encyclopaedia, by Lisbeth Marcher and Sonja Fich, is the most detailed study of functional muscular anatomy for therapists, that exists. It describes 154 muscles shown on body maps, in relation to character processes. Lisbeth Marcher is the founder of the “Bodynamic system” and this book  will be an invaluable reference source for all body psychotherapists."...

----Dr. David Boadella, Founder of Biosynthesis and Energy and Character

 

..."Long-awaited and much anticipated, truly a magnum opus, Lisbeth Marcher and Sonja Fich have put together many decades of research and clinical practice.  Lisbeth Marcher and her colleagues have produced an unparalleled system of both diagnosis and treatment that will place body psychotherapy, and especially Bodynamics, in the mainstream of both psychotherapy and medicine. This work is both scientifically rigorous and accessible to all professionals in the field of health care. "...
 

----Jacqueline A. Carleton PhD, Editor USABP Journal

On 17/12/2008, Lisbeth Marcher, founder of Bodynamic system, was voted for president of EABP (European Association of Body Psychotherapy)