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Judith Hendin, Ph.D., directs the Conscious Body & Voice Dialogue Institute of Easton, PA, and New York City. A beloved teacher and Voice Dialogue facilitator for 20 years (working with the many selves within us), she has taught in the U.S., Canada and Europe, and presented at the U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapy. Drawing on her discoveries of healing the body through inner selves, Judith wrote the book, The Self Behind the Symptom: How Shadow Voices Heal Us. Her work is enriched by her background in psychological energetics, deep bodywork, and sacred choreography. Author and visionary Shakti Gawain calls Hendin, “a wonderful healer whose work I highly recommend.” Published September 2009. See: Printable PDF transcript

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

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 transl

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”.

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

Christine Caldwell, Ph.D., LPC, ADTR – Founder and former director of the Somatic Counseling Psychology Department at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado. She lectures and trains internationally, and has authored two books: Getting Our Bodies Back, and Getting In Touch. She offers trainings in somatic psychotherapy (the Moving Cycle), with specializations in addictions, play, movement sequencing, therapist training, scientific inquiry, and birth and death. Rae Johnson, Ph.D., RSMT, RSW, is Chair of the Somatic Psychology Program at the Santa Barbara Graduate Institute, former Director of the Body Psychotherapy Program in the Somatic Counseling Psychology Department at Naropa University, and founding Coordinator of the Student Crisis Response Programs at the University of Toronto.  She has a particular interest in somatic approaches to interdisciplinary research. November 2008: See: Printable PDF transcript

Stuart Black has been Director of the New York Institute of Core Energetics since 1989. He is the author of: A Way of Life: Core Energetics, and A Way of Life With Another: Relationships. He is an instructor in the international training classes and has been leading groups for over 25 years. Stuart has been a teacher of the Pathwork in Mexico and in Phoenicia, NY, where he was both a member of the Board of Directors and spiritual leader of the Pathwork Studies program. He has been an instructor to both faculty and students of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing. Currently he is teaching master classes to the faculty in the New York training. October 2008. See printable PDF transcript

Ron Kurtz is the originator of the Hakomi Method of Body-Centered Psychotherapy and the method of Mindfulness Based, Assisted Self Study. He is a preeminent influence in progressive psychotherapy. Author or co-author of influential books, published in several Western languages (Body-Centered Psychotherapy, The Body Reveals, and Grace Unfolding) and three books in Japanese. Ron has led hundreds of trainings and workshops around the world over the last quarter of a century. At present he is leading trainings and workshops in the Ashland, OR, Olympia, WA, and Bozeman, MT. He does workshops in several countries around the world. Ron is the recipient of the USABP’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. September 2008. See printable PDF transcript. See other conversation with Ron Kurtz.

Journey of the Heart was the first book to lay out the path of conscious relationship. Toward a Psychology of Awakening has been widely praised as a fresh and eminently practical integration of the wisdom of East and West. His most recent book, Perfect Love, Imperfect Relationships: Healing the Wound of the Heart, is the winner of the Books for a Better Life Award. Published August 2008. See: Printable PDF transcript

Brian Gleason, LCSW, and Marcia Gleason, LCSW are the co-founders of “Exceptional Marriage,” an experience-based methodology for working with committed relationships. Both trained with with relationship expert Dr. John Gray as well as in Core Energetics. Brian is now a senior faculty member of the N.Y. Institute of Core Energetics. Brian wrote a book on transpersonal psychology – Mortal Spirit. Brian and Marcia wrote Going All the Way, The Heart and Soul of the Exceptional Marriage. July 2008. See printable PDF transcript

Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, a psychologist and psychoanalyst in New York City, specializes in treating musculoskeletal  pain and other mindbody disorders.  She teaches psychotherapists, yoga teachers, physical therapists, and other bodyworkers about pain, trauma, and the patient-therapist relationship.  Her teaching appointments include Faculty, National Institute for the Psychotherapies Training Institute and Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (part-time), NYU Medical School. She is Editor of Bodies in Treatment:  The Unspoken Dimension (2007, The Analytic Press/Taylor & Francis Group) and Co-Editor with Lewis Aron, Relational Perspectives on the Body (1998, The Analytic Press). June 2008. See printable PDF transcript. See other conversation with Frances Sommer Anderson. 

Laura-Hope Steckler, Ph.D., C.R.S., R.S.M.T. is a Clinical psychologist, body-psychotherapist, somatic movement therapist and dancer.  Her body psychotherapy modality is the Rubenfeld Synergy Method®.   American born and trained, she now lives and works in the UK.  She works in a chronic pain service in the National Health Service and sees clients privately. May 2008. See printable PDF transcript

Ron Kurtz is the originator of the Hakomi Method of Body-Centered Psychotherapy and the method of Mindfulness Based, Assisted Self Study. He is a preeminent influence in progressive psychotherapy. Author or co-author of influential books, published in several Western languages (Body-Centered Psychotherapy, The Body Reveals, and Grace Unfolding) and three books in Japanese. Ron has led hundreds of trainings and workshops around the world over the last quarter of a century. At present he is leading trainings and workshops in the Ashland, Oregon, Olympia, Washington, and Bozeman, Montana. He does workshops in several countries around the world. Ron is the recipient of USABP’s 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award. Published April 2008. See: Printable PDF transcript. See other conversation with Ron Kurtz.

Stanley Keleman is the founder of Formative Psychology, an approach that views life as an organising and formative process.  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.  Stanley Keleman is based in Berkeley, CA, where he directs the Center for Energetic Studies. March 2008. See printable PDF transcript. See other conversation with Stanley Keleman.

Ellen Gayda is the founder of BodyWord®, a creative body psychotherapy.  Ellen has an extensive background in the holistic healing arts, Gestalt, and Zen training and various massage and energy therapies.  BodyWord® helps clients translate somatic emotional awareness into an embodied language of meaning. February 2008. See printable PDF transcript