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This book is designed to provide massage therapists and bodyworkers with a greater understanding of the psychological issues that can arise from using touch in their therapy sessions. The book describes the connection between the body and the mind, how touch affects this connection, the client's emotional reaction and release, and how to respond to the client in an appropriate manner. The purpose of the book is to clearly define the scope of practice in this area for massage therapists, and bodyworkers.

Elliot Greene, ma, nctmb: Co-Director of the Washington Institute for Body Psychotherapy Private Practice Silver Spring, Maryland Barbara Goodrich-Dunn, bfs: Co-Director of the Washington Institute for Body Psychotherapy Private Practice Silver Spring, Maryland

Preface

v

Acknowledgments

vii

Reviewers

ix

Introduction---How to Use This Book

xi

SECTION I: The Body Organizes Experience

The Psychological Life of the Body

1

(11)

Massage As Intervention

3

(1)

The Psychology of Touch

4

(2)

The Paradox of Healing

6

(4)

Overcoming Resistance and Letting Go

10

(2)

Psychological Factors Affecting Massage Therapy

12

(21)

Relationships and Role Assumptions

12

(8)

The Therapist's World

20

(6)

The Client's World

26

(3)

Interactive Factors

29

(1)

The Paradox of the Healer

30

(3)

Psychological Defenses Affecting Massage Therapy

33

(34)

Client Defenses

34

(24)

Therapist Defenses

58

(9)

Boundaries and Limits in Massage Therapy

67

(28)

Scope of Practice Boundaries

67

(6)

Boundaries Concerning Limits of Behavior

73

(9)

The Therapeutic Frame

82

(13)

SECTION II: The Inseparable Body and Mind

The Bodymind Connection

95

(15)

An Experiential Exploration of the Bodymind Connection

95

(3)

Characterizing the Bodymind Connection

98

(12)

Emotional Release

110

(21)

Why Emotional Release Happens in Massage

111

(1)

How Emotional Release Manifests

112

(1)

Characteristics of Clients Likely to Experience Emotional Release

113

(3)

Dealing With Emotional Release

116

(8)

Effects of Emotional Release on the Massage Process

124

(7)

SECTION III: Armoring and Chronic Psychological and Physical Patterns

Armoring

131

(20)

Nature of Armoring

131

(4)

How Armoring Develops

135

(5)

Components of Armoring: Charge, Grounding, and Bounding

140

(5)

Components of Armoring: Tissue Patterns

145

(4)

Components of Armoring: Layers of the Body

149

(2)

Armoring: The Disembodied, Collapsed, and Compressed Character Structures

151

(41)

The Relationship Between Armor and Character

151

(2)

The Disembodied Structure

153

(9)

The Collapsed Structure

162

(14)

The Compressed Structure

176

(16)

Armoring: The Rigid Character Structures

192

(31)

The Rigid Structures

192

(2)

The Controlled Rigid Structure

194

(5)

The Achieving Rigid Structure

199

(6)

The Entertaining Rigid Structure

205

(7)

The Romantic Rigid Structure

212

(11)

SECTION IV: Interactions: Yourself, Your Clients, and the Therapeutic Community

Understanding Mental Health Conditions and Disorders

223

(30)

Generalized Anxiety Disorder

224

(1)

Phobias

225

(1)

Panic Disorder

225

(2)

Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

227

(2)

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder

229

(1)

Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

230

(2)

Addiction and Substance Abuse

232

(3)

Eating Disorders

235

(3)

Somatoform Disorder

238

(1)

Mood Disorders

239

(3)

Psychosis

242

(1)

Sexual or Physical Abuse

243

(1)

Chronic Pain

244

(2)

Chronic Illness

246

(1)

Uncontrollable Anger or Rage

247

(1)

Marital Problems

248

(5)

Working With Mental Health Professionals

253

(16)

Situations That May Require Referral

253

(3)

Professionals Within the Mental Health Field

256

(5)

Collaborating With Mental Health Professionals

261

(5)

Networking With Other Professionals

266

(3)

Index

269

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