Browsing by Author "Dinu, Diana"
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Results Per Page
Sort Options
- Client experience of core energetics body pshychotherapyPublication . Dinu, Diana; Gonzalez, António José César de AlmeidaThis study aims to understand and describe a subjective experience of four clients who chose to follow Core Energetics body psychotherapy, a model of body psychotherapy based on the theory of work-based psychoanalysis of psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, follower of Sigmund Freud. The study aims to understand the client's experience during their psychotherapeutic process through Core energetics, which uses the body as an instrument of individual character analysis, approached in four specific steps, described throughout this work. The applied method fits into the qualitative research of phenomenological nature, in Giorgi's phenomenological model adapted to psychology. The application of the methodology follows the objective of reaching a final structure of the essential and invariable constituents of this subjective experience. The sample consists of participants from Core Energetics' experience in the context of individual and group psychotherapy. The findings are in line with several similar themes that have emerged from previous studies related to the “experience of using the body in therapy” and having complete “freedom of self-expression in a reliable therapeutic and relational environment” that utilizes “selfconfrontation to reinforce personal responsibility”, changing the “perspective of victimization”. Other emerging themes have added new insights related to the "effective change in cognitive, emotional and behavioral dysfunctional patterns," raising additional questions for future studies on the possible beneficial implications of the Core Energetics experience.