Dance Movement Therapy (DMT) is the use of dance and movement as a somatic therapeutic tool, based on the idea that the body and the mind are inseparable. It’s thought that gesture, posture and movements [ Read more … ]
The term Body Mapping — sometimes also called Somatic Mapping — can relate to various practices. We’ll discuss these different practices here further below. Body Mapping may be the act of creating (or having) one’s [ Read more … ]
Somatic Intimacy is an emerging field that’s gaining attention as a therapeutic modality, and in this article we’ll explore what it’s all about. In its core meaning one could say that Somatic Intimacy is about [ Read more … ]
The term somatic, derived from the Greek word soma (meaning body), is usually defined as “affecting or characteristic of the body as opposed to the mind or spirit.” The word as used in Somatic Therapy [ Read more … ]
We’ve recently published a book about De-Armouring, and in this article I’ll try to give a clear definition of what De-Armouring actually is (also written as Dearmouring, or in American English Dearmoring or De-Armoring). However, [ Read more … ]
The terms Body De-Armouring (in American English: Body De-Armoring) and Somatic De-Armouring are often treated as synonyms. And indeed, both terms theoretically reflect the same concept, but in practice — notably technically — there’s somewhat [ Read more … ]
In Surrogate Partner Therapy — also called Sexual Surrogacy — three persons work together: a therapist, a surrogate partner, and a client. The goal of this therapy, which may be part of Sex Therapy or [ Read more … ]
Perhaps the most important goal of Body De-Armoring (in British English: Body De-Armouring) is to support people in coming to emotional and trauma release. In this post, we’ll discuss what exactly is meant by “release,” [ Read more … ]
The current practice of De-Armoring as developed by the psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich is often synonymously referred to as Body De-Armoring, Muscular De-Armoring, or Emotional De-Armoring. In this article, we’ll discuss the meaning of the differences [ Read more … ]
On physical level, a person’s Body Armor usually expresses itself in relation to muscles, connective tissue, organs, and certain breathing, holding, and postural patterns. It can materialize itself as tensions, knots, coldness, hardness, tightness, extreme [ Read more … ]