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Yvonne M. Agazarian, EdD, DFAGPA. FAPA, CGP, is Clinical Professor in the Postdoctoral Program in Group Psychotherapy, Adelphi U. She treats, teaches, trains and consults in systems-centered practice. She developed the Theory of Living Human Systems; founded the Systems-centered Training and Research Institute. She has authored and co-authored seven books and many articles. In 1997 she received the Group Psychologist of the Year award from Division 49 of the American Psychological Association “For her involvement in research, publication, teaching and training. She exemplifies the finest in scholarship in the discipline of psychology. As a group psychologist, she has contributed to expanding our knowledge of the boundaries between clinical and social psychology with the investigation of living human systems and systems-centered group and individual therapy. Her considerable body of work illustrates the highest blend of creativity and learning.”

Published August 2009. See: Printable PDF transcript

Professor Mark Solms is best known for his discovery of the forebrain mechanisms of dreaming, and for his pioneering integration of psychoanalytic theories and methods with those of modern neuroscience. He was born in South Africa and returned there in 2002, but commutes monthly to London and New York. He holds the Chair of Neuropsychology at the University of Cape Town and Groote Schuur Hospital (Departments of Psychology and Neurology). His other current positions include: Honorary Lecturer in Neurosurgery at St. Bartholomew’s & Royal London School of Medicine, Director of the International Neuro-Psychoanalysis Centre, London, and Director of the Arnold Pfeffer Center for Neuro-Psychoanalysis at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute. His book Clinical Studies in Neuro-Psychoanalysis (with Karen Kaplan-Solms) won the NAAP’s Gradiva Award (Best Book, Science Category) in 2001. His latest book (with Oliver Turnbull), The Brain and the Inner World (2002), is a best-seller and has been translated into 12 languages. He is the authorized editor and translator of the forthcoming Revised Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud (24 vols), and The Complete Neuroscientific Works of Sigmund Freud (4 vols).

Published July 2009. See: Printable PDF transcript

Stanley Keleman is the founder of Formative Psychology, an approach that views life as an organising and formative process.  Stanley Keleman is based in Berkeley, CA, where he directs the Center for Energetic Studies.

The Spring 2007 issue of The USA Body Psychotherapy Journal was devoted to Stanley Keleman’s work and its practical applications in psychotherapy, medicine, neurobiology, acupuncture, organizational development, literature, poetry, and personal growth. It includes an article by Stanley Keleman about Dreams & the Body.

June 2009. See  printable PDF transcript. See other conversation with Stanley Keleman.

Dr. Frances LaBarre is a psychologist-psychoanalyst in private practice in NYC where she works with individual adults, children, and couples.  Dr. LaBarre is Co-director of the Parent-Infant/Toddler Research Nursery and Adjunct Professor at Pace University, and a supervisor at the Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Study Center and the Institute for Contemporary Psychotherapy.  She lectures and teaches both in the United States and in Europe.  Her books, On Moving and Being Moved: Nonverbal Behavior in Clinical Practice, The Analytic Press, 2001, and The First Year and the Rest of Your Life: Movement, Development, and Therapeutic Change, (co-author Ruella Frank), The Analytic Press, 2011, and articles are known for her unique application of movement studies to psychotherapy.

May 2009. See  printable PDF transcript.

See also video conversation on movement with Frances LaBarre.

Marjorie L. Rand, Ph.D. has been a psychotherapist and Master Trainer for 33 years. She specializes in Integrative Body Psychotherapy, Dance/Movement therapy, Supported Yoga Therapy and meditation. She is in Private practice in Los Angeles, CA. She has trained psychotherapists throughout Europe, Canada, Israel and the US. She is the co-author of 3 books- Body, Self and Soul with Jack Rosenberg (1985), Getting In Touch, edited by Christine Caldwell (1997), and Helping The Helper with Babette Rothschild (2004) and many published articles. She is a founding member of USABP.

April 2009. See: Printable PDF transcript and conversation about what sustains her.

Dr. Arny Mindell is in private practice in Portland, Oregon. He is known for his development of the “dreambody” and “process work” (process oriented psychology). He is the author of 19 books in 21 languages, including Dreambody, The Shaman’s Body, Quantum Mind, and Quantum Mind and Healing. Arny has an M.S. from M.I.T., was a Jungian training analyst, and has a Ph.D. in psychology. He is also known in the area of conflict management for his Sitting in the Fire and for his integration of psychology and physics, work on dreams, bodywork, relationships, and for interventions in near death situations.

Published March 2009. See: Printable PDF transcript

Patricia Sanzone and Andrew Sugerman demonstrate their work, the “Art Of Breathing”.

Patricia Sanzone and Andrew Sugerman demonstrate their work, the “Art Of Breathing”.

 

Halko Weiss, Ph.D., is an accredited psychotherapist and lecturer for medical and psychological therapists in Germany. He is also a founding trainer of the Hakomi Institute who directs the Hakomi Institute of Europe. Halko works internationally as a somatic psychotherapy teacher, couples therapy teacher, and as a management trainer. He is well-published and the co-editor of the Handbook of Somatic Psychotherapy.

January 2009. See: Printable PDF transcript

Kathy Kain, M.Ed. has been practicing and teaching bodywork and trauma recovery skills for nearly 30 years. She teaches in Europe, Australia, Canada, and throughout the U.S., and maintains a private practice in Albany, California. She is a senior trainer in the Somatic Experiencing training program and is currently Director of Training and Education for the Foundation for Human Enrichment.  Kathy is also an adjunct faculty member of the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute and was a senior trainer for 12 years in the Somatic Psychotherapy training program based in Sydney Australia, where she developed the Touch Training for Psychotherapists that she now teaches in the U.S.  She co-authored the book Ortho-Bionomy; A Practical Manual (North Atlantic Books).

December 2008. See: Printable PDF transcript