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Gerda Boyesen

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Gerda Boyesen (born May 18, 1922 in Bergen, Norway, died December 29, 2005 in London) was the founder of Biodynamic Psychology, a branch of Body Psychotherapy. [1]

28 relations: Aadel Bülow-Hansen, Alexander Lowen, Bergen, Biodynamic massage, Body psychotherapy, Carl Jung, Catharsis, Digestion, European Association for Body Psychotherapy, European Association for Psychotherapy, Hakomi, Human digestive system, Introspection, London, Massage, Neurosis, Norway, Ola Raknes, Oslo, Peristalsis, Physical therapy, Reichian body-oriented psychotherapy, Sigmund Freud, Stethoscope, Stomach rumble, Subconscious, Vegetotherapy, Wilhelm Reich.

Aadel Bülow-Hansen

Aadel Bülow-Hansen (24 September 1906 – 18 November 2001) was a Norwegian physiotherapist.

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Alexander Lowen

Alexander Lowen (December 23, 1910 – October 28, 2008) was an American physician and psychotherapist.

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Bergen

Bergen, historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Hordaland on the west coast of Norway.

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Biodynamic massage

Biodynamic massage is a complementary therapy developed by Gerda Boyesen in Norway in the 1950s.

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Body psychotherapy

Body psychotherapy, also called body-oriented psychotherapy, is an approach to psychotherapy which applies basic principles of somatic psychology.

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Carl Jung

Carl Gustav Jung (26 July 1875 – 6 June 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and psychoanalyst who founded analytical psychology.

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Catharsis

Catharsis (from Greek κάθαρσις meaning "purification" or "cleansing") is the purification and purgation of emotions—particularly pity and fear—through art or any extreme change in emotion that results in renewal and restoration.

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Digestion

Digestion is the breakdown of large insoluble food molecules into small water-soluble food molecules so that they can be absorbed into the watery blood plasma.

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European Association for Body Psychotherapy

The European Association for Body Psychotherapy (EABP) is a professional association for practicing body psychotherapists in Europe.

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European Association for Psychotherapy

The European Association for Psychotherapy (EAP) is a Vienna-based umbrella organisation for 128 psychotherapist organizations (including 28 national associations and 17 European associations) from 41 countries with a membership of more than 120,000 psychotherapists.

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Hakomi

Hakomi Method is a form of mindfulness-centered somatic psychotherapy developed by Ron Kurtz in the 1970s.

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Human digestive system

The human digestive system consists of the gastrointestinal tract plus the accessory organs of digestion (the tongue, salivary glands, pancreas, liver, and gallbladder).

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Introspection

Introspection is the examination of one's own conscious thoughts and feelings.

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London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

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Massage

Massage is to work and act on the body with pressure.

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Neurosis

Neurosis is a class of functional mental disorders involving chronic distress but neither delusions nor hallucinations.

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Norway

Norway (Norwegian: (Bokmål) or (Nynorsk); Norga), officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a unitary sovereign state whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula plus the remote island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard.

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Ola Raknes

Ola Raknes (17 January 1887 – 28 January 1975) was a Norwegian psychologist, philologist and non-fiction writer.

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Oslo

Oslo (rarely) is the capital and most populous city of Norway.

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Peristalsis

Peristalsis is a radially symmetrical contraction and relaxation of muscles that propagates in a wave down a tube, in an anterograde direction.

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Physical therapy

Physical therapy (PT), also known as physiotherapy, is one of the allied health professions that, by using mechanical force and movements (bio-mechanics or kinesiology), manual therapy, exercise therapy, and electrotherapy, remediates impairments and promotes mobility and function.

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Reichian body-oriented psychotherapy

Reichian body-oriented psychotherapy (RBOP), also referred to as bioenergetic analysis, is a form of body psychotherapy based upon the work of Wilhelm Reich.

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Sigmund Freud

Sigmund Freud (born Sigismund Schlomo Freud; 6 May 1856 – 23 September 1939) was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychoanalyst.

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Stethoscope

The stethoscope is an acoustic medical device for auscultation, or listening to the internal sounds of an animal or human body.

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Stomach rumble

A stomach rumble, also known as a bowel sound or peristaltic sound or bubble gut, is a rumbling, growling or gurgling noise produced by movement of the contents of the gastro-intestinal tract as they are propelled through the small intestine by a series of muscle contractions called peristalsis.

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Subconscious

In psychology, the word subconscious is the part of consciousness that is not currently in focal awareness.

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Vegetotherapy

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

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Wilhelm Reich

Wilhelm Reich (24 March 1897 – 3 November 1957) was an Austrian doctor of medicine and psychoanalyst, a member of the second generation of analysts after Sigmund Freud.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Boyesen

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