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United States Association for Body Psychotherapy
Books
Body-centered Psychotherapy, The Hakomi Method,
Ron Kurtz, LifeRhythm, 1990
This is the text on Hakomi. While, for the most part, this book is serious reading, the book is a good introduction to the principles and method of Hakomi and to the therapeutic applications of mindfulness. This book is available from:Amazon.com
Grace Unfolding; Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao te ching,
Greg Johanson and Ron Kurtz, Bell Tower, 1991
This is a beautiful and clear book on a psychotherapy which sensibly integrates principles from Eastern spiritual disciplines. "Save yourself a lot of time and read this remarkable book" - John Bradshaw. "In a clear, gentle, and sometimes humorous voice, it speaks to us of therapy as partnership, as 'being in communion', with the task of the therapist to help us to be more aware of our unique individuality, our connection with all life, and - above all - our own inner wisdom." - Riane Eisler, author of The Chalice and the Blade. This book is available from Amazon.com
Experiential Psychotherapy with Couples - A Guide For The Creative Pragmatist,
Rob Fisher. Zeig/Tucker, 2002
Experiential Psychotherapy With Couples - A Guide For The Creative Pragmatist is the application of Hakomi to Couples Therapy. The book demonstrates how to use Hakomi principles and interventions in couples therapy. It demonstrates with numerous clinical examples how to track non verbal communication and experiences, how to join with a couple, how to use live experience to access and explore deep organizational material, how to name and intervene in repetitive couples systems. It also includes a longer section on character and how the interactions of character influence relationships, and a section integrating experiential work with more traditional theories of marriage and family therapy. Ron Kurtz wrote the forward. This book is available from Amazon.com
Articles
Describing the Method: Science, Spirit and Psychotherapy, Ron Kurtz
Hakomi founder Ron Kurtz's goal here is to place the Hakomi method within three different disciplines: scientific, spiritual and psychotherapeutic.
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Foundations of the Hakomi Method, Ron Kurtz
This article describes some of the foundations on which Hakomi is based. As the piece indicates, Hakomi is alive, fresh and developing as new material is integrated and experimented with.
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Pursuing
the Myth of the Resistant Client: Or, Must Change Be Forceful?
The Hakomi Therapy Answer, Maci Tater, LPC & Greg Johanson,
Ph.D.
This
article describes less forceful means to assist clients through the process
of change. By tracing the case of one client, the authors demonstrate
how the Hakomi Method can help entice change through the client’s
process of experimentation.
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article
"Hakomi is the absolute cutting edge of modern psychotherpy"
— John Bradshaw, author of Bradshaw on The Family