Branches
As a result, branches (or methods) of body psychotherapy are often diverse, tracing their origins to the work of the founders of the particular specialities: Bioenergetic analysis to the work of Lowen & Pierrakos; 'Radix' to the work of Chuck Kelley; 'Biosynthesis' to the work of David Boadella; 'Biodynamic Psychology' to that of Gerda Boyesen; 'Rubenfeld Synergy' to Ilana Rubenfeld's work; 'Body-mind Psychotherapy' to a development of Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen's work, and 'Body-mind Centering' by Susan Aposhyan. and many others.
Many of these 'founders' were influenced by the work of Wilhelm Reich, but not without adding and incorporating the methods of a variety of others besides. Syntheses of these approaches are also becoming accepted and recognised in their own right (viz: The Chiron Approach: Chiron Association of Body Psychotherpists ).
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