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In a most concise form, this article presents one of the psychosomatic approaches in psychotherapy – the Neo-Reichian Analytical Body Psychotherapy. The text includes: a background history of the method and its founder Prof. W. Bernasconi, what the created by him „Therapy of the Five Movements” consists of while building on the contributions of W. Reich and A. Lowen in the field of the psychosomatic approaches. It also includes the theory of character-forming traumas that the model has endorsed, the theory of the five needs, the specificity of the somatic work with the five main characters, as well as work with the muscle armours on a cognitive, experiential and somatic level.

The present publication is a synthesis between the basic theoretical postulates in the “Therapy of the Five Movements” created by Prof. Waldo Bernasconi, further development of his ideas, and an addition of two more directions of movement (behavioural models) – product of my contemplations based on my twenty years of practical experience.

EABP Bibliography The European Association of Body Psychotherapy (EABP) has collected and provides this rich collection of more than 5000 articles, reports and research documents, that are dealing with and can serve as evidences for the effectiveness of the Neo...