The Emergence of Somatic Psychology and Bodymind Therapy

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.

Author: B. Barratt
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: 05/11/2010
Pages: 234
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780230222168

About the Author
Barnaby B. Barratt (PhD, DHS) is a psychoanalyst, sexuality educator, sex therapist, and somatic psychologist, currently in private practice in Johannesburg, South Africa. He is Senior Research Fellow at the University of Cape Town, and Visiting Professor at the University of Witwatersrand. His previous books include Sexual Health and Erotic Freedom and Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse. His most recent book is What is Psychoanalysis? 100 Years after Freud's 'Secret Committee.'