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Albert Pesso: Berührt von der Wahrheit der Existenz. Der US-amerikanische Pionier der Körperpsychotherapie wird 85 Jahre alt. Zusammen mit seiner Frau Diane Boyden entwickelte er ein außergewöhnliches Behandlungskonzept. Der US-amerikanische Pionier der wird 85 Jahre alt.
(Deutsches Arzeteblatt. Oct. 2014)
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Karnac Books has kindly given us permission to reprint ‘Back to the Root: Healing Potential Sexual Offenders’ Childhood Trauma and Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor,’ a chapter by PBSP Certified Therapist and Supervisor, Juliet Grayson, in Glyn Hudson Allez (Ed.), Sexual Diversity and Sexual Offending: Research, Assessment, and Clinical Treatment in Psychosexual Therapy, Karnac Books, 2014.
Excerpt
“I am often asked about the people I work with who commit sexual offences. “Have they all been sexually abused?” Hudson Allez, speaking from 25 years experience of working with these people, says, “They may not all have been sexually abused – but if you ask, ‘Have they all experienced trauma?’ then it is a yes. Every time. There is trauma in their history.” (Hudson Allez 2012)
Since we know that histories impact upon present-day behavior (Perquin 2004a; Pesso 1997) surely this damage should be addressed as a vital and necessary part of the work of rehabilitation (Hudson Allez 2010). As Morgan and Findlater say, “Research has highlighted that difficulties in attachment are more prevalent in all offenders versus non offenders, but … sexual and violent offenders report greater levels of attachment difficulties than some other types of offender.” (Morgan & Findlater 2012, p. 26) Some professionals fear that working with childhood issues of offenders could encourage offenders to see themselves as victims. I see it differently. I think we should be working on the trauma and poor attachment which is the root cause of these issues, alongside therapy specifically focused on stopping the offending behaviour.”
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In this podcast of a spontaneous, detailed, and at times humorous lecture at Freiburg University Al Pesso presents the key concepts that frame PBSP’s philosophy of making new memories. It is presented in both English and German (total time 2 hours).
To listen to the podcast of Pesso’s lecture click here.
The dates for PBSP supervision training sessions in Germany for 2015 and 2016 with Albert Pesso, Dr. Lowijis Perquin, Michael Bachg, Barbara Fischer-Bartelmann, and Leonhard Schrenker have been set. For the program brochure click here.
Join Al Pesso on February 27 to March 1st for a seminar at Zurich’s twin schools for Polarity and Trauma Therapy (Polarity Bidungszentrum/PBZ and Zentrum Fur Innere Okologie/ZIO) where he will demonstrate the transformational power implied in human potential — even for those with the most difficult life experiences conceivable. Working with fragmented and incomplete embedded memories from the past, Pesso will first teach participants how to renegotiate and redraft these experiences, and then how to enact and complete them, thus creating a different future in view of new emotional conditions and possibilities.
According to Pesso, we must focus on an individual’s early development and on providing space for renegotiating any of their basic needs that have remained unfulfilled. Only then can we enable them to truly experience and unfold their own uniqueness.
Teaching Goals
Working with the whole person using PBSP elements and learning how to:
For information and to register contact Christine Pieler:
Christine.Pieler@polarity.ch
POLARITY BILDUNGSZENTRUM AG
ZENTRUM FÜR INNERE ÖKOLOGIE AG
Zwinglistrasse 21
CH – 8004 Zürich
Tel: 044 218 80 80
www.traumahealing.ch/index.php?id=04&l=en&kid=1299
www.polarity.ch www.traumahealing.ch
From Berlin, I traveled to Munich (October) where I started with the Heidelberg training group then I offered PBSP experiential and supervision workshops. Early November I land in Prague, Czech Republic, to present a PBSP experiential workshop then jet to Osnabrueck, Germany for more PBSP experiential workshops. I will hold a PBSP couples group session and a PBSP experiential workshop in Freiburg, Germany, then end my time in Richmond, UK.
On September 25, 2014, I presented a Pre-Congress Workshop entitled, “Holes In Roles: Making Movies In The Mind”, for the Association of Humanistic Psychotherapy Congress, at the Free University of Berlin, Germany. On September 27, 2014, I gave a keynote address on “Depression as a Defense Mechanism” at the same congress. A diverse range of questions and comments following my address highlighted the audience’s rapt attention and participation.
Book Description
ISBN: 9781611024852
“Some problems are solved just by sitting down and talking about them. Others, however, require more steps especially in your student time, as shown in this book. The author is a psychologist who has worked for twenty-five years at the University of Groningen, Holland. “I always thought I was the only one with problems,” said someone who has read this book. “Reading this book was comforting to me,” commented another. You arrive at a certain age when you ask so many questions. This book covers common topics such as relationships with your parents, learning to be alone, discovering your true self, problems with the meaning of life and your own position to religion, preventing stress and depression, loss, sexual identity and other psychologically related issues that could create problems with your studies. There is also focus on the psychological background of specific study problems. You are at an age when you need to start mastering yourself, and you can benefit the fruits of this learned mastering during your whole life. Also heed tips from advisors, counselors and other professionals who specialize in tasks that help you develop your personality. Many times, we hear about people in the media talking about topics such as finance, the stock market, the organization of university and high school, etc. But not about personality development, an important subject. In fact, it is actually essential to the pursuit of knowledge. As a college student once put it: “For me it is not just about gaining information, but also acquiring knowledge and insight. I do not want to be a scholar or someone who always scores higher than the rest. Above all, I want to become a wise and creative man.””
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Al Pesso, co-founder of PBSP, will be giving a presentation and demonstration entitled “Rewriting Our Story” on August 22nd at the 8th Swiss Festival of Learning, Body and Memory at Weggis on Lake Lucern.
For the for the brochure the 8th Festival of Learning click here.
For an overview of the demonstration and presentation in English click here.
For an overview of the demonstration and presentation in German click here.
For more about the festival click here.
Filling the Holes-in-Roles of the Past With the Right People at the Right Time
A way to open the door to happiness in the present
By Albert Pesso
Abstract
First I will briefly review how we establish the foundation for building a happy life using Pesso-Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP) procedures that provide a new, symbolic memory/experience of the satisfaction of maturational needs as if they had happened in the actual past. Then I’ll describe how we go about filling in the Holes-in-Roles in the past, using new, powerful, PBSP concepts and procedures that unlock the hidden neurological psychological doors in our minds and bodies that block our receptivity to happiness and the sweet satisfactions of life.
International Body Psychotherapy Journal The Art and Science of Somatic Praxis volume 12, number 2, fall 2013 pp 63-87 ISSN 2169-4745 Printing ISSN 2168-1279 Online © Author and USABP/EABP. Reprints and permissions secretariat@eabp.org Click here to read the rest of this article on the USABP website.
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