Articles about Bodymind Integration and Integrative Psychotherapy

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...

“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...

The Influence of various philosophical forces on Bodymind Integration by Dirk Marivoet © 2016 THE PREMISSES OF BODYMIND (PSYCHOCORPORAL) INTEGRATION  Central to "Bodymind Integration" (also known as "PsychoCorporal Integration") as taught at the IBI is the view...

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...

The obsession of taking care of your body Many people today are obsessed with taking care of their bodies—and it’s for a good reason, because our lives depend on it! But even though our physical health is important we should remind ourselves that our emotional,...

Reading the body - Structure as frozen function Body Reading in body psychotherapy is based on the concept that structure is frozen function. What this means is that a person's physical structure is a reflection of his psycho-biological history and his current...

My late friend and colleague Jack Painter, PhD., with whom I collaborated for 25 years, championed three very powerful methods of bodymind integration: Postural Integration, Energetic Integration and Pelvic-Heart Integration. As part of these methods he has created...

“It is clear that a prophylaxis of neuroses is out of the question unless it is prepared theoretically; in short, that the study of the dynamic and economic conditions of human structures is its most important prerequisite. “-Wilhelm Reich  Every counselor /...

By Dirk Marivoet, MSc, PT, PMT, ECP, CCEP Wilhelm Reich, born in 1897 in Dobrzanica, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now in Ukraine, started his medical studies at the Vienna University in 1918, and joined the Sexological Seminary founded by Otto Fenichel in...

The Wilhelm Reich library of the Int'l Institute for Bodymind Integration (IBI) More recommended literature “Love, work and knowledge are the well-springs of our life. They should also govern it.”Wilhelm Reich During the first half of the 20th Century, Austrian...

“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.”Henry Ford Mankind’s fascination with fire The history of humanity and the discovery of the technology of fire are intimately connected. Recent evidence suggests our ancestors Australopithecus...