Therapeutic
space and intervention
In this form of body-oriented psychotherapy for children and adoles- cents
it is imperative to provide a secure atmosphere, which the therapist
himself contributes to throughout the session due to his respectful,
empathic and authentic attitude towards all those involved.
This way, a therapeutic space emerges where processes such as this may become
possible. In their concept of the Pesso Boyden System
Psychomotor (PBSP), Albert Pesso and Diane Boyden Pesso describe
this space as "possibility sphere". It is the starting
point and permanent basis for the use of well-honed intervention
techniques such as "microtracking", a highly specialized
form of therapeutic dialogue, focusing on meticulously tracking the
momen- tary make-up of the patient's consciousness, i.e. his perception,
action, emotion, and cognition.
The emotions, recognizable in the
face and the body of the child or adolescent, are being made conscious
by naming the feeling which
adequately describes the corresponding emotional experience. The
primary feature of this sequence of emotion, feeling and conscious-
ness is its body-relatedness.
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