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10 unusual facts about Reichian therapy


Alan Thornhill

He then stayed six months in Oslo undergoing Reichian therapy, from which came the decision to try working with his hands.

Christopher Hyatt

Regardie introduced Hyatt to Reichian therapy, which he insisted Hyatt learn prior to any magickal pursuits.

Danger Came Smiling

Instead of conventional lyrics, singer Linder Sterling provides a selection of cries, yells, laughter and spoken interludes (including diary records of Reichian therapy), and one very short track sung a capella.

Integrative Body Psychotherapy

The somatic orientation of IBP uses components of several somatic therapies including Alexander technique, Bioenergetics, Feldenkrais body work, and the evocative, enlivening and integrating effect of Yogic and Reichian breath work.

For over eight years, he studied and did Freudian Psychoanalysis with Jean Pouteu, M.D. He worked with the leading therapists of that time: Dr. Philip Cucurudo (Reichian therapy), Jim Simkin, Ph.D.

Reichian therapy

Bioenergetic analysis, which combines psychological analysis, active work with the body and relational therapeutic work.

Vegetotherapy, a form of psychotherapy that involves the physical manifestations of emotions.

Reichian therapy can refer to several schools of thought and therapeutic techniques whose common touchstone is their origins in the work of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich (1897–1957).

Neo-Reichian massage, whose practitioners attempt to locate and dissolve "holding patterns" (also called "body armoring").

Body psychotherapy, which addresses the body and the mind as a whole with emphasis on the reciprocal relationships within body and mind.


Bodymind

He personally explored many different approaches – Zen, Yoga, Gestalt (with Fritz Perls and Marty Fromm), Rolfing (with Bill Williams), Reichian therapy (with Raffale Estrada Villa) and many others.