Somatics Bibliography

Somatic and Body-Focused Psychotherapy

Aposhyan, Susan. (1999). Natural Intelligence: Body-Mind Integration and Human Development. Baltimore, MD: Williams & Wilkins.

Conger, John P. (1988). Jung & Reich: The Body as Shadow. Berkeley: North Atalntic Books.

Conger, John P. (1994). The Body in Recovery: Somatic Psychotherapy and the Self. Berkeley: Frog Ltd.

Goldman, Ellen. (1994). As Others See Us. Switzerland: Gordon & Breach.

Hartley, Linda. (1989). Wisdom of the Body Moving: An Introduction to Body-Mind Centering. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Johnson, Don Hanlon, & Grand, Ian (eds.). (1998). The Body in Psychotherapy. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Johnson, Don Hanlon (ed.). (1997). Groundworks: Narratives of Embodiment. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Johnson, Don Hanlon (ed.). (1995). Bone, Breath & Gesture. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Keleman, Stanley. (1987). Embodying Experience: Forming a Personal Life. Berkeley: Center Press.

Knaster, Mirka. (1996). Discovering the Body's Wisdom. NY: Bantam.

Kurtz, Ron. (1990). Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method. Mendocino: LifeRhythm.

Levine, Peter A. (1997). Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.

Lowen, Alexander. (1976). Bioenergetics. NY: Penguin. (and many other books)

McNeely, Deldon Anne. (1987). Touching: Body Therapy and Depth Psychology. Toronto: Inner City Books.

Mindell, Arnold. (1990). Working on Yourself Alone: Inner Dreambody Work. NY: Penguin (Arkana).

Murphy, Michael. (1992). The Future of the Body: Explorations Into the Further Evolution of Human Nature. Los Angeles: Jeremy P. Tarcher.

Sensory Awareness

Brooks, Charles V.W. (1982). Sensory Awareness. Santa Barbara: Ross-Erikson Pub. Exercises for awakening sensitivity by one of the founders of sensitivity training.

Hanna, Thomas. (1993). The Body of Life: Creating New Pathways for Sensory Awareness and Fluid Movement. Rochester, VT: Healing Arts Press.

Hendricks, Gay & Wills, Russel. (1975). The Centering Book. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall. Centering exercises geared to children - movement, visualization, and other explorations.

Olsen, Andrea. (1991). BodyStories: A Guide to Experiential Anatomy. Barrytown, NY: Station Hill Press.

Putnoi, Johanna. (2000). Senses Wide Open: The Art & Practice of Living in Your Body. Berkeley: Ulysses Press.