Einführung in die Integrative Körperpsychotherapie IBP(Integrative Body Psychotherapy

The consistent integration of body, emotions, and cognition makes the IBP body psychotherapy method unique and is increasingly recognized as an indispensable extension and enrichment of conventional psychotherapeutic thinking and practice. Based on the humanistic psychology perspective, this textbook presents a compact and clear process-oriented approach across all three dimensions of experience. It also conveys general psychotherapeutic fundamentals. The second edition emphasizes the further development of the IBP method and the integration of current interdisciplinary models. The rigorous incorporation of psychotherapeutic foundational knowledge and practice-relevant research findings continuously links theory and practice: humanistic core concepts (presence, awareness, personal space, grounding, gestalt work), psychodynamic fundamentals (developmental psychology, personality models, work with various personality parts, fragmentation), stress models (disruptions in stress regulation, implications for psychotherapy), breath and body work (blockages, parasympathetic and sympathetic breathing techniques, work with touch, self-relaxation techniques, mindfulness techniques), etc. For students and practicing psychotherapists, the book provides a compact overview of all IBP content with case examples and exercise instructions.