Perspectiva practicienilor asupra beneficiilor şi limitelor integrării tehnicilor minte-corp în procesul psihoterapeutic de susţinere a persoanelor cu traume, pierderi, suferinţe
A Practitioner Perspective on the Benefits and Limitations of Using Mind-Body Techniques in the Psychotherapeutic Process with Persons Experiencing Trauma, Loss, Suffering

Summary/Abstract: In the last years the integrative view of the mind-body inter-relationship has gained more visibility both in research and in practice and also a more solid scientific ground thanks to the psychoneuroimmunology discoveries. Recent studies in trauma treatment have given prominence to the benefit of having somatic approaches, mind-body techniques included in the psychotherapy process. However, the psycho-emotional support regularly provided to suffering people barely includes body-centred approaches; therefore, it is important to validate and prove their efficiency. This research is a qualitative analysis based on interviews of psychotherapists specialised in various approaches that mainly use in their work body-centred approaches or just include specific mind-body techniques. Two of the main aims were to identify the benefits and limitations of body psychotherapies and mind-body techniques from a practitioner’s perspective and to analyse the relationship such approaches have with talk and cognitive therapy. The results revealed an improvement in the beneficiaries’ contact with what they feel, integration of their traumatised parts, physical, emotional and interpersonal benefits as well as benefits on a deeper level – the relationship with the Self. Directions for further research are discussed and proposals for social work programmes are put forward.

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