Dr. Tina Stromsted introduces her Souls Body® approach in this extraordinary volume, engaging the body-psyche connection in psychotherapeutic work. Through compelling case studies, the author illustrates multidisciplinary concepts, therapeutic techniques, trauma-informed practices, and teaching guidelines essential for body-psyche-spirit healing.
Stromsteds method expands Authentic Movement, rooted in Jungs Active Imagination approach, into a range of creative somatic practices within depth psychotherapy. Souls Body® fosters deeper self-awareness through bodily expression, dreamwork, creative imagination, empathic relationship, community engagement, and our connection with nature. This collection illuminates elements in the embodied healing process that can benefit professionals in the healing arts Jungian analysts, clinicians, somatic psychotherapists, dancers, bodyworkers, artists, spiritual practitioners, and creative arts therapists. With over 45 years of clinical experience and decades of collaborations with pioneering clinicians Joan Chodorow, Janet Adler, Marion Woodman, and Stanley Keleman, Stromsted guides readers on an engaging journey toward conscious embodiment.
This book is a welcome companion for anyone interested in Jungian depth work, embodied spirituality, and cultivating a vital, meaningful life.
Tina Stromsted introduces her Souls Body® approach in this extraordinary volume, engaging the body-psyche connection in psychotherapeutic work. Through compelling case studies, the author illustrates multidisciplinary concepts, therapeutic techniques, and teaching guidelines essential for body-psyche-spirit healing.
Introduction Part 1: Spirit in the Body: Beginnings
1. The Evolution of
Souls Body Work
2. Healing Souls Body: Active Imagination in Movement Part
2: On the Journey: Core Elements
3. Embodied Imagination: From Emptiness to
Form
4. Meeting the Shadow: Becoming More Whole
5. Witnessing Practice:
Seeing and Being Seen
6. Reinhabiting the Body
7. Embodied Descent: Steps
Toward Transformation Part 3: Movement in Practice
8. The Moving Body in
Psychotherapy
9. Working with Trauma: Awakening Psyche and Soma
10.
Transforming Life: Movement as Meditation, Medicine, and Artistic Expression
11. Teaching Active Imagination in Movement with Neala Haze
12. Working with
Authentic Movement in Groups Part 4: Embracing the Body, Healing the Soul
13.
Embodied Alchemy: A Pathway to the Sacred
14. BodySoul Rhythms®: Marion
Woodman and the Sacred Feminine
15. DreamDancing®: Embodied Consciousness
16.
Earths Body: Resonating with the Pulse of Life
17. Further Reflections and
Looking Forward Glossary Resources
Tina Stromsted, PhD, LMFT, LPCC, BC-DMT, RSME/T, SEP, is a Jungian analyst, dance/movement and somatic psychotherapist, public speaker, and author. Director of Souls Body® Center and cofounder of the Authentic Movement Institute, she teaches at the C. G. Jung Institute of San Francisco, Jung Platform, the Marion Woodman Foundation, and internationally. She has a private practice in San Francisco.
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