REICH INSTITUTE

Greek Institute for Vegetotherapy and Character Analaysis (EINA)

Founder/director: Dr. Clorinda Lubrano-Kotoula

84, 3rd September St., Victoria Square

104 34 Athens

Greece

Tel/ Fax: +30-210-8812-104

clubrano@otenet.gr

www.kentroraix.gr

                                                                               

School history

The Reich Institute (EINA) was founded in 1979 with the original aim of training psychotherapists within the tradition of Wilhelm Reich. In 1984 it evolved into a more structured school. Recently it has expanded its activities to include training in Counselling.

 

Basic theory and concepts

Vegetotherapy and Character Analysis was Reich’s contribution to psychoanalysis, which he developed from 1925 onwards. Its foundations are:

• analysis of the character as a stereotypical way of existence and behaviour, as well as an element of resistance to change and therefore to psychotherapy
• diagnosis and intervention on the individual somatic structure. Somatic structure expresses the character, at a physical level, mainly by the posture and the chronic unconscious muscular tensions
• analysis of the transference and the counter-transference enriched and broadened by its non-verbal content
• work with the body, that is intervention at the phsyical “armouring” aiming to free the energy flow and the free and creative functioniing of the indiviual at all levels: physical, mental and emotional

Vegetotherapy and Character Analysis corresponds to the European period of Reich’s psychotherapy. Its main representative was Ola Raknes, who in 1970 brought this methadology to the Reich Center of Naples, Italy where Clorinda Lubrano-Kotoula was trained.

The people that carried forward this theory of Vegetotherapy and Character Analysis are Alexander Lowen, Baker, Johnson and Frederico Navarro as well as the post-Reichians such as Bjørn Blumenthal, Xavier Serrano-Hortelano, Clorinda Lubrano-Kotoula, George Koukis and Marilena Komi.

 

Training description

The Training Programme for Psychotherapists is four years plus two more years of supervision. Individual psychotherapy and two years of group psychotherapy are considered as prerequisites.

The training programme is for:

                •  graduates, preferably in psychology, medicine, and humanistic sciences

                •  postgraduate students in psychology, and students of the above, provided that by the end of their training they      will have completed their studies

                •  individuals who have the previous qualifications and have received personal analysis from other body-                      psychotherapists in Greece or abroad

                •  therapists from other schools who want to specialise in body-psychotherapy.

 

The training for Counsellors is three years plus 32 hours a year of practice. Individual psychotherapy for at least 50 hours, plus one year of group psychotherapy are considered as prerequisites.

Admission requires a high-school degree as a minimum prerequisite.

After the completion of training, graduates can work in the fields of prevention of neurosis and psychosis, providing specialised services in sensitive periods of life such as development (from conception until 18 years old), pregnancy, delivery, and third age. In addition, they may provide counselling for learning disabilities, career-orientation, counselling for couples and family.

 

Trainers

• Dr. Clorinda Lubrano-Kotoula is the director of the school.
• Trainers include, Marilena Komi, George Koukis.
• There is permanent collaboration with a number of other body-psychotherapy schools abroad such as the Escuela Española Reichiana (Es.Te.R.) in Valencia, Spain and the Finnish Institute of Character Analytic Vegetotherapy in Helsinki, Finland.

 

State of recognition

EINA was accredited as a Body-Psychotherapy Training Institute by EABP FORUM in September 1999. The Character Analytical Vegetotherapy method was scientifically validated by the European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) in 2004. EINA is member of EEPSE, the Greek Umbrella Association for Psychotherapy of EAP and IFOC, the International Federation of Orgonomic Colleges. 

 

EABP Members 

Clorinda Lubrano-Kotoula, Marilena Komi, George Koukis

 

Literature - publication - research

The school’s library contains a rich collection of Reich’s work, and of post-Reichian classical authors. Various other works such as notes of the lessons of the EINA courses, trainees’ research, essays and lectures are also to be found.

 

 

Clorinda Lubrano-Kotoula