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OUTLINE
 
 BODY CENTERED PSYCHOTHERAPY


Course A: Character Styles and Character Analyses

Picture"For every Person the basic reality of his being is his body. It is through his body that he experiences the world and by his body that he responds to it. If a person is out of touch with his body, he is out of touch with the reality of the world." Al. Lowen
Where does one go from a world of insanity?
Somewhere on the other side of despair.
                                                       - T.S. Eliot -

October

Friday
6:30-8:30 P.M.           Large Group
                                   Introduction;
                                   Lecture:
                                   A: Body Centered Psychotherapy                                        A Developmental Approach
                                   B: Character Developmet
                                   C: The Schizoid Issue                                            
                                   (WVS,NP,LZ)
Saturday               
9:00-10:00 A.M.         The Schizoid Character Structure
                                    From a Bioenergetic and                                       Object-Relations Perspective
                                    Experiments
                                    (WVS)
10:15AM-11:00A.M.  The Schizoid Style and Quality of Contact
                                  Embodying the Schizoid Issue

11:00AM-12:00AM    Book discussion, Questions and Answers
                                   (WVS,NP)
12:00AM-1:00PM       Movie example for the Schizoid Character
                                    (LZ)
2:00AM-4:00 P.M       Introduction
                                   Bioenergetic Exercises
                                    Body Reading 
                                   (WVS)
Sunday
9:00AM-12:00 A.M      Transference, Countertransference,
                                     Supervision
                                     (LZ)
12:00AM-1:00PM         Large group meeting
                                     Questions, Answers and Sharing
                                     (LZ,WVS)

November

Friday
               
6:30-8:30 P.M.          Lecture:
                                  A: Attachment and Character Development
                                      A Bioenergetic Perspective
                                  B: The  Oral Character Structure    
                                  C: Experiments
                                  Large Group
                                  (WVS,NP,LZ)
 
 
 
Saturday 
9:00-10:00 A.M.               Working with the Oral Issue
                                          Substance Abuse etc.
                                          Experiments
                                          (WVS)
 
10:15AM-11:00A.M.           The Oral Style and Quality of Contact
                                           Embodying the Oral Issue
11:00AM-12:00AM             Book discussion, Questions and Answers
                                           (WVS,NP)
12:00AM-1:00PM               Movie example for the Oral Character
                                           (LZ)
 
2:00PM-4:00 P.M               Introduction
                                           Bioenergetic Exercises
                                           Body Reading 
                                           (WVS)
Sunday
9:00AM-12:00 A.M      Transference, Countertransference,
                                      Supervision
                                      (LZ)
12:00AM-1:00PM         Large group meeting
                                     Questions, Answers and Sharing
                                     (LZ,WVS)

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January

Friday

6:30pm-8:30PM           Large Group
                                      Lecture:
                                      A: Developmental Phases: An Overview of Mahler’s Observations
                                      B: Narcissism and The “Psychopathic” Character Structure
                                           A  Bioenergetic and Object Relations Perspective
                                       C: Experiments
                                              (WVS,NP,LZ)
Saturday
9:00-10:00 A.M.               Working with the Narcissistic Issue
                                          Substance Abuse etc.
                                           Experiments
                                           (WVS)
10:15AM-11:00A.M.          The Narcissistic Style and Quality of Contact
                                          Embodying the Narcissistic Issue
11:00AM-12:00AM            Book discussion, Questions and Answers
                                          (WVS,NP)
 
 
12:00AM-1:00PM       Movie example for the Narcissistic Character
                                    (LZ)
 
2:00PM-4:00 P.M        Introduction
                                     Bioenergetic Exercises
                                     Body Reading 
                                    (WVS)
 
 
 
Sunday                       
9:00AM-12:00 A.M      Transference, Countertransference,
                                      Supervision
                                      (LZ)
12:00AM-1:00PM         Large group meeting
                                     Questions, Answers and Sharing
                                     (LZ,WVS)
 
February

Friday

6:30-8:30 P.M.              Large Group
                                      Lecture
                                      A: The Masochistic Character Structure 
                                           A Bioenergetic Perspective
                                      B: Experiments
                                       (WVS,LZ,NP)
 
Saturday
9:00-10:00 A.M.              Working with the Masochistic Issue
                                         Shame and Cruelty etc.
                                         Experiments
                                          (WVS)
10:15AM-11:00A.M.          The Masochistic Style and Quality of Contact
                                          Embodying the Masochistic Issue

11:00AM-12:00AM            Book discussion, Questions and Answers
                                          (WVS,NP)
 
12:00AM-1:00PM             Movie example for the Masochistic Character
                                         (LZ)
 
2:00PM-4:00 P.M             Introduction
                                          Bioenergetic Exercises
                                          Body Reading 
                                          (WVS)
 
Sunday
9:00AM-12:00 A.M           Transference, Countertransference,
                                           Supervision
                                           (LZ)
12:00AM-1:00PM               Large group meeting
                                           Questions, Answers and Sharing
                                          (LZ,WVS)
 
 
March

Friday
6:30-8:30 P.M.                      Lecture:
                                              A: The Oedipal Triangle
                                              B; The Rigid Character structure
                                              C: Experiments
                                              (WVS,NP,LZ)
 
 
 
 
Saturday
9:00-10:00 A.M.              Working with the Oedipal Issue
                                         Sexuality and Love
                                         Experiments
                                         (WVS)

10:15AM-11:00A.M.         The Oedipal Style and Quality of Contact
                                         Embodying the Oedipal Issue

11:00AM-12:00AM           Book discussion, Questions and Answers
                                          (WVS,NP)
 
12:00AM-1:00PM             Movie example for the Oedipal Character
                                         (LZ)
 
2:00PM-4:00 P.M              Introduction
                                          Bioenergetic Exercises
                                          Body Reading 
                                         (WVS)
 
 
Sunday
9:00AM-12:00 A.M         Transference, Countertransference,
                                         Supervision
                                         (LZ)

12:00AM-1:00PM            Large group meeting
                                         Questions, Answers and Sharing
                                         (LZ,WVS)
 
 
April

Friday

6:30-8:30 P.M.              Lecture:
                                      A: Separation and Individuation – the Borderline                                                                             Personality Disorder
                                       B: The Borderline Pers. Dis. from an Object Relations Perspective
                                       C: Experiments
                                          (WVS,NP,LZ)
 
Saturday
9:00-10:00 A.M.              Working with the Borderline
                                         Splitting
                                         Experiments
                                        (WVS)

10:15AM-11:00A.M.          The Borderline Style and Quality of Contact?
                                          Absence of Personality?

11:00AM-12:00AM            Book discussion, Questions and Answers
                                           (WVS,NP)
 
12:00AM-1:00PM               Movie example for the Borderline Personality Disorder
                                            (LZ)
 
2:00PM-4:00 P.M               Introduction
                                            Bioenergetic Exercises
                                            Body Reading 
                                           (NP,LZ)                                       
 
Sunday
9:00AM-11:00 A.M             Transference, Countertransference, Projective Identification
                                            Supervision
                                            (LZ)

11:00AM-1:00PM              Large group meeting
                                          Questions, Answers and Sharing
                                         (LZ,WVS)
 
                               
                               
                               
"There is a great deal of pain in life and perhaps the only pain that can be avoided is the pain that comes from trying to avoid pain".
                                                             - R. D. Laing -



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                               "DON'T PUSH THE RIVER......"

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