by International Institute for Bodymind Integration | Dec 29, 2025 | Lineage & Context
From Early Trauma Theory to Contemporary Somatic Practice By Dirk Marivoet, MSc., Registered Psychotherapist (ECP), CCEP, PMT, PT. Body psychotherapy did not emerge as a technique or school, but as a sustained inquiry into how psychological life is shaped, held, and...
by International Institute for Bodymind Integration | Mar 3, 2025 | Lineage & Context
Author: Dirk Marivoet Inspired by: Marivoet, Dirk (2012), Bodymind Integration and Social Evolution. In: Erken, Rita & Bernhard Schlage. Transformation of the Self with Bodymind Integration. Berlin. Hubert W. Holzinger Verlag. pp. 95-145. Abstract This article...
by Dirk Marivoet | Mar 26, 2021 | Lineage & Context
This text is a representation of a presentation that Dirk Marivoet gave for the Fédération Française de Psychothérapeutes en Psychanalystes (FF2P) in 2009 (in French). Instinct cannot be liberated without liberating the mind, just as the mind separated from instinct...
by Dirk Marivoet | Jul 18, 2020 | Lineage & Context
“Therapy on the body without integrated work with emotions and thoughts is just as one-sided as psychotherapy that ignores bodily processes. Furthermore, working with a person should offer them a perspective and integration with ‘the whole’. Dirk Marivoet...
by Dirk Marivoet | Jul 15, 2020 | Lineage & Context
The Influence of various philosophical forces on Bodymind Integration by Dirk Marivoet © 2016 THE PREMISES OF BODYMIND (PSYCHOCORPORAL) INTEGRATION Central to “Bodymind Integration” (also known as “PsychoCorporal Integration”) as taught...
by Dirk Marivoet | Jul 14, 2020 | Lineage & Context
Clicking on the links you are lead to Interviews with Dirk Marivoet on aspects of Bodymind Integration and Body Psychotherapy. In the first interview Dirk speaks about Postural Integration, a primary method of deep holistic bodywork and integrative therapy. It was...