by Courtenay Young
This article was originally written as a basis for understanding the whole process of
establishing Body-Psychotherapy as a major branch of psychotherapy in
Europe (as a “mainstream”) and the intricate involvements with the EAP; their
Training Standards Committee; NUOCs, EWOCs, the ECP, the TAC and other
strange beasts and alphabets; and as a guide to some of the other pages on
this website. It was written in July 1999 after the 1999 Annual General Meeting
of the EAP in Vienna, and later updated in February 2004.
Contents: (click on an underlined chapter if you want to jump to that
topic)
* 1. EAP and the establishment of "Scientific Validity"
* 2. The situation in Europe and in various countries
* 3. Mainstreams and Modalities
* 4. The FORUM for Body-Psychotherapy Organisations
* 5. Scientific Validation & Recognition
* 6. Next Steps and Conclusions
Disclaimer: Some of the following statements are not ones that I
necessarily personally uphold. I am describing or trying to describe the
situation that exists, as best I can and as I see it, rather than
supporting it, condoning it, or condemning it. However it is also a
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Chapter 1: EAP and the establishment of "scientific validity"
The European Association of Psychotherapy (EAP) currently consists of
about 160 organisations from about 40 countries as members and about 380
individual members, having awarded about 5,000 European Certificate(s) of
Psychotherapy, ECPs and thus representing a total of between 60,000 & 75,000 European psychotherapists.
The organisations fall largely into 2 categories: National Umbrella
Organisations (NUOs) or (where a national organisation does not exist;
National Delegates representing that country]; and European Wide
Organisations (EWOs), largely representing a type (mainstream or modality)
of psychotherapy.
Countries that are currently represented in the EAP (either by a NUO or by
a National Delegate) are Albania, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium,
Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia,
Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Monaco, Netherlands,
Norway, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia and others. (It
is perhaps interesting to note the absence of Latvia, Liechtenstein, and
Portugal.)
Psychotherapies (modalities or mainstreams) that are currently represented
in the EAP are the European Association of Biosynthesis, the European
Association of Body-Psychotherapy, the European Association of Gestalt
Therapy, the European Association of Integrative Psychotherapy, the
European Association for Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, the
European Association for NeuroLinguistic Psychotherapy, the European
Association for Psycho-Organic Analysis, the European Association for
Transactional Analysis, the European Family Therapy Association, the
European Federation for Bioenergetic Analysis-Psychotherapy, the European
Federation of the Centres of Positive Psychotherapy, the European Group
Analytical Training Institutions Network, the European Society for
Communicative Psychotherapy, the European Society of Hypnosis, the
International Association of Somatotherapy, the International Clearing
Association, the International Federation of Gestalt Training
Organisations, Sophia University of Rome & the Euro
pean Association of Sophia Analysis, and the European Federation for
Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy.
(It is perhaps interesting to note the absence of the Freudians, the
Jungians, the Kleinians, Lacanians, etc. (ie the European associations for
psychoanalysis) and also the Behaviourists).
Criticism has been directed towards the EAP on this point, and so far only
a little effort has been visible in attracting these types of organisation.
The EAP bases its main philosophy on the (self-determined) 1990 Strasbourg
Declaration of Psychotherapy. Here it is:
1. Psychotherapy is an independent scientific disciline, the practice
of which represents and independent and free profession.
2. Training in psychotherapy takes place at an advanced, qualified and
scientific level.
3. The multiplicity of psychotherapeutic methods is assured and
guaranteed.
4. A full psychotherapeutic training covers theory, self-experience,
and practice under supervision. Adequate knowledge of various
psychotherapeutic processes is acquired.
5. Access to training is through various preliminary qualifications, in
particular human and social sciences.
You will notice the significant words about "science". These are largely
at the insistence of the Austrian representatives, as the psychotherapy
law on psychotherapy in Austria requires the "scientific validity" of any
particular method to be established.
However the main push of the EAP over the last four years is to hammer out
an agreement about a European Certificate for Psychotherapy (ECP). This
Certificate is eventually to act as a "passport" in psychotherapy between
countries, irrespective of modality or method.
Countries outside the EU are becoming increasingly interested in this ‘passport’ as it is the first time a 'professional' standard has been set
for psychotherapy training within Europe. It is also fair to say that
there is and has been opposition from “other” professions towardds the
establishment and official recognition of these standards.
The standard set is the same for any professional training (doctors,
dentists, engineers, architects, etc.) in that entry to specialised
training is at "postgraduate level or the equivalent" which means that
after leaving school at 17 or 18 a person must do a minimum of 7 years
study (3 years to first degree level, and then four years of further
postgraduate training) before they can qualify as a “professional”. It is
this four years of specialist training in psychotherapy that the ECP is
mainly concerned with.
A little more background. I mentioned earlier that there were two main
types of organisation. For obvious reasons, it is easier for the NUO's to
administer the situation in any particular country. Therefore they have a
central role in putting people on to the Register of the ECP.
However, the NUO in a particular country might know nothing about a
particular type of psychotherapy and whether the training school in that
country was recognised on a European wide level, or not. So the role of
the EWOs is to act as a quality cross-check for the various training
schools in a particular modality and to help put pressure on countries
where there might be a refusal to recognise a particular type of
psychotherapy (viz. Body-Psychotherapy in Austria.)
Once an NUO has been accepted as the most representative body for
psychotherapy in country, it is awarded the National Awarding Organisation
(NAO) status for that country: and once a EWO is acknowledged as the most
representative body for that type of psychotherapy, it is awarded the
European Wide Accredition Organisation, EWAO, status.
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Chapter 2: The situation in Europe and in various countries
I have mentioned Austria earlier. Currently the Austrian Ministry of
Health recognises about 12 different psychotherapies as "scientific". Body
Psychotherapy is currently not one of these. The 'gossip' is that one of
the original advisors to the Ministry of Health was particularly biased
against Body Psychotherapy (because of the involvement of a member of his
family in a particular form of B-P). Hence the 'ban'. However more on this
later….
The other main reason within the EAP for establishing the "scientificity"
of psychotherapy is to challenge the strong psychologist and psychiatrist
lobby in Europe. Essentially the " field " of psychotherapy – as an
activity, as a profession - is being carved up between three (or more)
professions now, rather than one or two. This is threatening,especially to
the more established professions.
In some countries the "psychotherapy pie" can be a very lucrative one with
National Health insurance payments going to the "recognised"
psychotherapists, be they clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, or these
new interlopers calling themselves "psychotherapists"., so there is
professional competition for these resources.
Furthermore, in some countries, the national association of psychologists
(note: psychologists), have felt so threatened that they have banned
anybody who supports the EAP’s Strasbourg Declaration and, in France
especially, about 120 psychologists were so expelled from their national
association for this reason (1999).
The professional situation also changes quite radically. A previously
drafted law (in Austria) put psychotherapy well within the medical
profession: a new European law recognises the input from Non-Governmental
Organisations, NGOs, and is obliged to consult about any further changes.
Recently in France (2004), after a lot of lobbying by EAP members, the
Senate voted a new text that affirmed the title of psychotherapist, “for
professionals incscribed on the national register of psychotherapists”
(new text)taking it away from being a “medical tool” reserved for doctors,
psychiatrists and certain psychologists (old text). Also in 2004, the
European parliament voted on “recognition of professional qualifications”
mentioning the education of psychotherapists and minimal requirements for
training of psychotherapists. This is the first time psychotherapists
have been mentioned specifically as an independent profession in the
European Parliament., which is very significant.
All tihis activity is opening out the debate on psychotherapy as a
profession, especially in 2004 with the EU expansion from about 15
countries to about 26 countries, comprising one of the largest trading
blocks in the world.
Whilst the Austrian psychotherapy situation is still restrictive and we
have not yet got Body-Psychotherapy properly recognised, positive steps
are being made. The situation is still slightly more favorable than the
Italian, German, or Dutch situation All of these countries have laws or
regulations about psychotherapy now. In Italy, there are two National
Umbrella Organisations, which EAP is 'persuading' to amalgamate into one.
One of them is all the psychologists and psychiatrists and the
'recognised' psychotherapists. It is quite small. The other, much larger,
has all the other psychotherapists. The good news is that five schools of
Body-Psychotherapy have been recognised by the ‘official’ ministry, and
(whilst you have to train as a psychologist) you can do this within
Body-Psychotherapy.
In Germany they ratified a 10 year old law in 1999 which was in favour of
the psychologists and psychiatrists. However a number of
Body-Psychotherapists also were accepted and persistence by the DGK with
the EAP National organisation and with local health committees etc. means
that Body-Psychotherapy progresses.
Similarly in Holland, there is good news and bad news. The official system
doesn’t yet recognise Body-Psychotherapy, and schools have had difficulty
getting new entrants, but already qualified Body-Psychotherapists are
becoming recognised and established and getting the ECP.
This then is a quick snapshot of the situation in Europe. What is helpful
to Body Psychotherapists in this overall perspective is that in the UK,
and in Switzerland, Body Psychotherapy has been accepted semi-officially.
In other countries it exists in an unregulated way along with many other
types of psychotherapy.
Whilst this may not sound very hopeful, there are a few rainbows on the
horizon. One is that the actual awarding of the ECP to about 3,000
psychotherapists, mainly in Austria, Germany, France and the Ukraine, but
with lists being actively prepared in other countries as well. Check out
the EAP website: www.europsyche.org This is beginning to carry some
weight.
Another positive step is that the officials in the European Union and in
the Council of Ministers are becoming more familiar with the EAP and it's
structures. There was a Vienna Declaration in July 1996 to all world
governements and a Declaration of Rights to Psychotherapy in Paris in June
1988. There was a very successful meeting in Strasbourg in April 1999 and
the EAP has since been awarded NGO (Non Governmental Organisation) status.
Work is also being done on a charter for psychotherapists falling within
the European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental
freedoms and the European Social Charter. The former is European law and
thus complying with it gives a certain status. The Social Charter can help
as breaches of it, if upheld in European courts, put pressure on
governments to change legislation. At some point an interpretation of the
Charter in relation to psychotherapy may be established by a legal
precedent.
The ultimate professional sanction might eventually be for the European
Parliament to create a "sectional directive" about psychotherapy. This
would be binding on all EU countries. However this would need the
agreement of about 8 (out of 15 countries or 13 out of 25) and is almost
unchangeable and irrevocable. No-one really wants to go down this road.
Another route that no-body is really thinking about yet, is to legally
challenge some of the more restrictive situations where competent and
practising psychotherapists are denied opportunities to work because of a
new law. This could be challengable in a European court under the Human
Rights convention. It would take a long time and a lot of money, but the
right case could set an irrevocable precedent. We shall see.
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Chapter 3: Mainstreams and Modalities
I have also mentioned before the topics of "mainstreams" and "modalities".
David Boadella has written a paper on this point already for the EAP, and
I will extract elements from this to try to explain this here.
In total there are at least 50 different modalities or training methods in
psychotherapy. Many of these have been recognised by one or more
psychotherapy umbrella organisations. Some of these modalities can be
grouped together into mainstreams. However this should be done
voluntarily, rather than forced. Maslow describes "four forces of
psychotherapy": psychodynamic; behavioural cognitive;
humanistic-existential; transpersonal. Beyond this point it gets confusing
and quite politically biased. Various countries recognise different
mainstreams: the German psychotherapy law recognises only "force one" and
"force two"; the Swiss state recognises the first three and one more:
"Systemic", and the Swiss Charta recognises six; and includes "Body
Psychotherapy" and "integrative psychotherapy".
Nominally the EAP currently recognises 11 mainstreams in psychotherapy:
Psychodynamic (including Jungian); Behavioural Cognitive; Systemic &
Family; Humanistic (inc. Gestalt & Transactional Analysis); Body
Psychotherapy; Hypnotherapy & Imaginal; Integrative; Existential
Psychotherapy (inc. logotherapy, daseinanalyse, etc.; Expressive
Psychotherapy (psychodrama, movement psychotherapy, dance psychotherapy
etc.); Transpersonal; and Experiential Psychotherapy.
There is a pragmatic test that a mainstream should contain at least two,
and probably several, different types, methods or ‘modalities’ of
psychotherapy. There are also at least 2 special categories generally
recognised as needing substantively different training aspects: these are
"child psychotherapy" and "group psychotherapy". They exist somewhat
outside of this mainstream -modality debate. The political component comes
in as soon as you start to group psychotherapies together (into
mainstreams) and then restrict the number of votes available in
associations like the UKCP or the EAP. Arguments come forward that
“Jungian is not psychodynamic”; that “Gestalt is more of a mainstream”;
that “the traditional psychotherapies are getting swamped and outvoted by
all this splitting off “and that “the new psychotherapies are not properly
established and shouldn't have the same status”, etc. Maybe the numbers of
people on the Register will determine future voting patterns. However
again it is significant to note th
at the EAP consists largely of psychotherapies outside of the two "first
forces". The more traditional or well-established psychotherapies have
yet to fully engage with the EAP.
A modality is usually a branch of a particular type of psychotherapy,
often started by some charismatic or creative individual (e.g. rational
emotive therapy, by Albert Ellis, a form of behavioural-cognitive). They
tend to be centered in a training school or schools, which may operate
across Europe, or may be confined to just one or two countries. They tend
to be less well known to people outside of their particular "mainstream".
One problem arises when one considers something like Integrative
Psychotherapy. The implication is that this is a meta-system of two or
more types or methods of psychotherapy, which have been 'integrated'
together effectively and created a different meta-structure. There are now
at least 25 established variants of this. They may conveniently be lumped
into one catch-all "mainstream" but may have nothing to do really and
practically with any other people in that mainstream, and may relate much
closer to another mainstream - from which they emerged or towards which
they are integrating. (e.g. Paul Boyesen's Psycho-Organic Analysis is seen
by many to be a form of Body Psychotherapy, but Paul feels it is much
closer to psychoanalysis, despite the fact that many psychoanalysts could
feel very differently. The EAP will surely continue this debate about
mainstreams and modalities for a good while yet.
However the last word which has to be said on this topic is that one of
the arguments about EABP getting EWAO - European Wide Accrediting
Organisation - status was because of this conflict. EABP represents much
more than a method - it is an accrediting for a mainstream. For these
reasons there was some confusion in the minds of the assessors whether the
acceptance of EABP's answers about the scientific validity of Body
Psychotherapy gave an effective carte blanche to the acceptance of the
scientific validity of every modality within Body Psychotherapy. This
would effectively turn EABP into a mini-EAP. So the compromise position is
that EABP represents the “mainstream” of Body-Psychotherapy and each
“modality” within Body-psychotherapy has to apply for scientific validity
status of its method. About seven modalities have done this now through
EABP.
We needed to get the scientific validity of Body Psychotherapy clearly
established so as to counter the situation in Austria, Italy, Holland &
Germany particularly. This has been a major step. EABP members can get the
ECP now applying through their National Awarding Organisation (NAO) and
having their application counter—signed by EABP as the EWAO. Training
organisations in the scientifically validated modalities will be able to
award their trainees the ECP in due course.
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Chapter 4: The FORUM for Body Psychotherapy Organisations
The FORUM of Body Psychotherapy Organisations (for fuller description,
click here) was set up after the 1997 Pamhagen EABP General Assembly at
which Organisational Membership of EABP was accepted. There are three
types of organisation accepted as Members of EABP (for criteria, click
here and application form, click here) These are: (1) Training Schools in
Body Psychotherapy; (2) Professional Associations of established Body
Psychotherapists in a modality or in a particular geographical area; (3)
European institutions or institutes representing a branch of Body
Psychotherapy, usually with their own accreditation systems.
There are currently about 30 different organisations (for details, click
here) and they represent or have trained or currently have in training a
total of over 5,000 – 6,000 Body Psychotherapists.
It was decided to set up a system of accreditation for Body Psychotherapy
Training Schools according to the EABP Training Standards, which had been
written to fit the EAP criteria, and thus enable Body Psychotherapists at
some point to get the ECP. The system of accreditation is described in the
pages about Self-Assessment and Mutual Recognition (click here). Once the
schools are EABP Organisational Members, they can join The FORUM. For
accreditation, there is a Self-Assessment form to fill out answering
in-depth details about the organisation and its training school in
relation to the EABP Training Standards (click here). Then representatives
of two FORUM organisations will visit the training school and write a
substantial report. This is the “mutual recognition” part of the process.
These reports and the Self-Assessment form all go back to the next meeting
of the FORUM and are voted on. This is the model for the EABP
Accreditation process and it was accepted by the 1999 General Assembly,
which mandates The FORUM the power to accredit training schools according to that process.
The FORUM has become the "second leg" of EABP. There is a diagram showing
the relationships of the various bodies within EABP (click here).
The final piece of the jigsaw puzzle for members of The FORUM is that EABP
cannot put their people forward for the ECP until the scientific validity
of their particular modality has been properly accepted by the EAP (see
above). Various training schools and centres have answered the set of the
EAP's 15 questions, and the answers of EABP about the scientific validity
of Body-Psychotherapy in general, and have written their particular
answers to these 15 questions. EABP has acted as a conduit or a channel
for these modalities and six modalities have now gone through this
process: Hakomi, Unitive Psychotherapy, Biodynamic Psychotherapy,
Bodynamics, Emotional ReIntegration and Character-Analytic Vegetotherapy.
Biosynthesis, Bioenergetics & Psycho-Organic Analysis (not a
Body-Psychotherapy ?) have also joined EAP independently and applied to be
an EWAO themselves, which means that the scientific validity of these
methods has also been validated.
The EAP has just formed a Training & Accreditation Committee
(TAC_, to oversee a process for accreediting European Training Schools
which is almost identical to the above process. We have fought very hard for the
principle of subsidiarity, which should mean that Body-Psychotherapy
schools accredited by The FORUM do not have to go through this all
again with the EAP. We shall see. Details of the EAP's process can be
downloaded from their website: www.europsyche.org
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Chapter 5: Scientific Validation and Recognition
Much has been written on this already and you would need to look at other
pages on this website (click here) for further details. However what is
significant is that despite some technical & political objections of the
assessors, there was no criticism of the scientific validity of
Body-Psychotherapy. The experience was exhilarating and involved e-mail
contact with a number of different people from all over the world. It was
also very difficult and our submission ran into 50 pages with about 145
pages of appendices (most of which are on the website). However, in as far
as it means anything, EAP has accepted the scientific validity of
Body-Psychotherapy. This is minuted and according to it's own processes.
This document is available to others and is being used in South America
and other countries to establish the scientific validity of
body-Psychotherapy there.
The next job is to begin to put pressure on some of the National Umbrella & Accrediting Organisation for Psychotherapy to ask their Ministries of
Health to accept Body Psychotherapy as a "scientifically valid" branch of
psychotherapy in that country – viz in Austria. This should allow the
Austrian Body Psychotherapy schools to be accepted by the Austrian NAO. A
document on the Scientific Validity of Body Psychotherapy will need to be
written or trnaslated into German, and this is being done, iand n Austria,
a single “college” of Body-Psychotherapy may also have to be established
and identified as the training institute. This is the next step. It is
hoped that this “college” will teach “body-psychotherapy” and then the
various different modalities will also teach their specialisations. We
hope for collaboration with Biosynthesis and Bioenergetics as well as
perhaps KaracterBewgungTherapie
Then it can all be submitted to the Austrian Ministry of Health. There is
a similar process happening in Germany as which will also probably come
into use.
As mentioned, in Switzerland the situation is a lot healthier. In a recent
e-mail, Dr. Thomas Ehrensperger, Chairperson of CH-EABP, wrote: "The Swiss Charta of Psychotherapy evaluates and accepts schools and not
methods. It gives quality standards for training,supervision etc. 5
schools of Body Psychotherapy have already successfully applied and are
full members of the Charta (this is 30% of all the so-far accepted
schools). (This) is a great success for Body Psychotherapy. The accepted
schools are: Bioenergetics, Biosynthesis, IKP, GFK (Juchli/Geiser), IIBP
(J.Rosenberg-Institut). These 5 schools are also extraordinary members of
CH-EABP as well as 4 others which have not yet applied to the Charta.
CH-EABP is now in a process of creating its own quality & standards not
only for training but also for the practice of Body Psychotherapy, the aim
is to apply for acceptance as an official and scientific method in
collaboration with the Swiss government. We are optimistic to form our own
Charta of Body Psychotherapy (a process which is also contemporarly
happening on the level of EABP)."
We have also heard that Body Psychotherapists in Brazil and in other
countries are fighting similar battles. We hope that the EABP Scientific
Validation answers can help them formulate their own documentation in
these battles. We also hope that this document will become a "living
document" in that there will be additions and changes made to it regularly.
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Chapter 6: Next Steps:
Europe: A major step has been taken with the presentation of the paper on
Scientific Validation to the EAP and it's acceptance of it, and of
establishing EABP as an EWAO for Body-Psychotherapy. The next steps in
this wider acceptance process have been started; which is to get at least
one of the country's blocking Body-Psychotherapy to change its position.
Body-Psychotherapy continues to establish itself further as a mainstream
branch of psychotherapy.
National Associations: In Austria, the different schools are considering
working together in a single institute. In Italy, the Italian National
Association for Body-Psychotherapy, which is a mixture of schools and
individuals, is working well and gathering strength. The Greek National
Association are hosting the next EABP Congress in Athens/Marathon in
October 2004 which will involve collaboration with many others. The
Yugoslav National Association is growing in strength and will hopefully
soon join EABP. The Russian National Association is also getting stronger
and links between it and EABP have just increased. A Scandanavian
National Association is forming from a colescence of Body-Psychotherapists
in Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland & Iceland. The UKCP are having their
next conference in September 2004 on “The Body in Psychotherapy” and
hopefully a UK National Association of Body-Psychotherapy will soon form.
In France, there is new energy in the National Committee and hopefully a
new national Asso
ciation, linked to the FFdP will form. Links with the USABP in America and
the new Brazilian National Association for Body-psychotherapy are good and
the next international Confgress on Body-Psychotherapy is in Brazil in
2005.
Contacts with the different modalities are very good. Biosynthesis has
long had an excellent relationship with EABP and whilst it remains
separate, there is still a good feeling between EABP and the IABS. Paul
Boyesen's PsychoOrganic Analysis is very strong and supportive in the EAP.
There we also have good contacts with some Radix people in France, and
some other new Body Psychotherapy schools, there for different reasons and
wearing different hats. The European Bioenergetics Association is coming
much closer and opening its doors a little more to us. There is very good
collaboration between the different Body-Psychotherapy schools in the
Netherlands and they have collaborated together for a one-day symposium in
February 2004. Hakomi in Europe is already a member of The FORUM.
Bodynamics is a member of The FORUM. Core Energetics is joining The FORUM
and applying soon for scientific validity. Various Biodynamic Psychology
training schools and similar groups are involved with The FORUM and we
hope for more. Malcolm Brown, the founder of Organismic Psychotherapy, is interested in
coming back into Europe and came to the DGK Berlin Congress and other
Congresses. Jay Stattman's Unitive Psychotherapy is very strong in the
Netherlands and in Frankfurt and is very involved in The FORUM. These are
to name just a very few. Most recently, we have a person trained by Ilana
Rubenfeld in Rubenfeld Synergy (well known in USA) now living in Europe
apply successfully to join EABP and a new Polish member
Body-Psychotherapist and Psychologist. From another discipline has joined.
Over and beyond these developments, there is much that can be done:
Research: Research projects are being started and some have been done, but
little information is widely available. EABP tries to help this process by
putting information about research projects on the EABP website.
This area may be one of the increasingly important directions for the next
few years. Funding research is extremely expensive and the best work is
done collaboratively. We want to encourage the formulation of joint
projects: the CH-EABP and the DGK (EABP National Organisations in
Switzerland & Germany) are also funding some research projects, which is
commendable.
Bibliography: EABP continues to fund the EABP Bibliography of Body
Psychotherapy. This became available for the first time in the summer of
2002 on CD-ROM and a second larger version should be out in 2004.
Currently the Bibliography stands at about 2,500 entries, and there is a
lot more material out there, and in many different languages, and formats. A listing should also go up on the EABP website soon. Some of the current entries are a little incomplete: these need
completing, especially the missing abstracts. EABP pays a small amount (1
Euro per entry] for multiple entries and we would really like to associate
more with Body-Psychotherapy institutes who have enthusiastic students to
share their databases and earn some more money off us.
Journal: Currently there are two excellent journals in
Body-Psychotherapy: Energy & Character (in its various formats and
languages) and the USABP Journal, mainly for USABP members. EABP
currently does not have the resources and expertise to produce its own
Journal. We are considering liaising with one (or both) of these journals.
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Tapes: We have several lists of tapes from Body-Psychotherapy congresses,
so there may be an opportunity to build on these and develop somnething
here as well. The tapes are supplied by different organisations, but there
could be a central listing, if anyone is prepared to put them togather.
Many training institutes also have tape collections and videos. Perhaps
these could all be centralised and made more available.
Books: Several new books about Body-Psychotherapy exist. We are putting
these together onto a website page to assist people to know about them and
order them, either direct from the publisher or through something like
Amazon.
PowerPoint: There is a new PowerPoint projection display on
Body-Psychotherapy (in English) available to download from the EABP
website.
Body Psychotherapy is currently the strongest it has been for many years.
It has an increasingly high profile in Europe, in the USA and now in South
America, particularly Brazil. It is establishing its scientific base and
is consolidating this. There is a lot more work ahead, and it is
potentially very exciting.
© Courtenay Young, 2004