PBSP® Community News What's New?
Announcements and new items on the PBSP®* Web Site July 28, 2009 Djo Mungo, Producer of the 52 minute documentary of Al's trip to Kinshasa, flies to Boston on Friday, July 31, to work on the final edits with Al in Strolling Woods
June 6, 2008 June 6, 2008 June 4, 2008 Press release for the showing of the videos of Al's DVDs at Franklin Opera House of his lecture, "The Roots of Justice are in the Body" and the structure following his presentation at the University of Osnabruck, Germany.
June 2, 2008 Fifth International Congress on PBSP® will be held in Bergen, Netherlands June 4-7, 2009, Send in your program and workshop proposals to: Marjanne Vermeer, van Reigersbergenstraat 812, 1052 WL Amsterdam, 003120-6845930, CIP published a new PBSP® book in Munich, Germany. Check it out on http://www.cip-medien.com/html/store/pd273473288.htm?categoryId=1 The book consists of articles written by PBSP® Coordinator of International Training, Lowijs Perquin, M.D. and Albert Pesso. Albert Pesso gave a rousing public lecture in Germany for the Freiburg University Lecture series on Science and Psychotherapy on "The Roots of Beginning and the Routes of Becoming. http://www.erziehungs-perspektiven.de/Pesso The graduates of the most recent PBSP® Trainers Program met at SW May16-18 to discuss their leadership plans for the future. Kern, http://users.skynet.be/kern/pessoart.html the psychotherapy training institute that has coordinated PBSP® training for decades celebrated its 35th anniversary and the 10th anniversary of the Flemish PBSP® organization on March 14 with a conference on Psychotherapy and Spirituality. Al's lecture for that conference is now online for download. Leonhard Schrenker, Certified PBSP® therapist and Supervisor Trainee in Munich is completing his book on PBSP® that will be published shortly by Klett Cotta, the publisher of Tilmann Moser's books on PBSP®, See his website: http://www.pesso-therapie.de/index.html The coordinators of the new Freiburg PBSP® Certification training program, Markus Aronica and Almuth Roth did a great job together organizing a group of 18.
April 14th, 2008 March 12th, 2008 January 26th, 2008 November 5th, 2008 October 29th, 2007 October 20th, 2007 We uploaded to You Tube a preview (the first 10 min) of the "Roots of Justice Are in the Body" Lecture/Demonstration by Albert Pesso. This lecture and demonstration (structure which followed the lecture) are an excellent way to gain understanding of PBSP® and how it works. The "Roots of Justice Are in the Body" Structure DVD is now available for purchase by itself or as part of a set with its preceding lecture.
October 3rd, 2007 The USA Supervisor/Trainer Training Group 1 series of workshops has ended with many certifications. You may read more about each PBSP® Therapist, Supervisor, and Trainer in Who's Who in PBSP®. The Group will continue meeting together annually. Newly Certified PBSP® Trainers: Jim Amundsen, Sandy Canfield, Barbara Fischer-Bartelmann, Curt Levang, Stevens Westmoreland, Debbie Willbur. Newly Certified PBSP® Supervisors: John Crandell, Matt Fried, Please note that emailing, comments, quotes and who's who form submissions between 5/22/07 to 8/18/07 have been lost due to a computer failure. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
August 1st, 2007 Debbie Willbur has just been certified as a PBSP® Supervisor. (Her webpage on this site has not been up dated yet - see Debbie Willbur. The Summer series of training and experiential workshops at Strolling Woods in New Hampsire, USA has gone very well and is almost over, but due to a shortage of staff this website is not fully updated yet.
May 26th , 2007 April 19th, 2007 April 16th, 2007 March 26th, 2007 March 19th, 2007
March 12th, 2007
March 4th, 2007 February 28th, 2007 February 20th, 2007 New display ad for the magazine Psychotherapy Networker will appear in their March/April 2007 issue. See the ad in PDF format (http://www.PBSP®.com/Ads/PsyNetDisplayAdMarApr07_4.pdf). See the ad in a web page (http://www.PBSP®.com/Ads/psynetad07.htm). Who's Who in PBSP® page of Jim Amundsen has been updated. Please note that the North Central Psychomotor Society, which hosted the 5th International PBSP® Congress, still has available for purchase, copies of DVD's of some of the key note speakers:
Martha Stark's - "Louisa Howe Memorial Lecture"
Bessel van der Kolk's talk - "Frontiers of Trauma Treatment,"
and Albert Pesso's - "Looking toward the Future".
The cost is $45 per DVD or $120 for all three. Contact Jim Amundsen (jimamundsen@comcast.net, or phone, 651-649-0984) if you are interested in these DVD's (Note that these DVDs were videotaped by Michael Bachg of Osnabrueck, Germany and therefore they play in all computers, but may not display properly in all US DVD players - the format is PAL.)
January 29th, 2007
* New Official PBSP® Training Group starting in the United Kingdom - more info later
* New Official PBSP® Training Group starting in Lisbon, Portugal - more info later January 24th, 2007
* 4 new Experiential Workshops with Albert Pesso in Franklin, NH have been added to his 2007 schedule: April 4-6, May 11-13, Sept. 21-23, & Sept 24-26.
* 6 month 15% Early Bird Discounts for Experiential and Training workshops in Franklin, NH will be extended one month, through February.
* K. Stevens Westmoreland's People Certified in PBSP® page has been updated.
* Update to the Osnabrueck upcoming workshops.
* Updates to the Travel to Franklin page December 3rd, 2006
*Participants in Experiential Workshops in New Hampshire may now receive the same Early Bird Discounts as the Training Workshops - 15% discount for workshop fees paid in full 6 months in advance, and 10% if paid in full 4 months in advance, as well as the standard 5% discount for workshops paid in full 2 months in advance. See Experiential Workshops with Albert Pesso in New Hampshire. November 15th, 2006
*Notice to those who have been trained and certified as PBSP® Therapists, Supervisors and Trainers: Please fill out the new questionnaire at the bottom of the People who are Certified page to have your information posted to the PBSP® International Website. November 11th, 2006
*Reformatting of Psychomotor Institute Inc. List of Endorsement Letters pages
*New single paragraph description of what PBSP® is posted to the What is PBSP® page: "PBSP® is a highly evolved and natural process that heals past emotional deficits. The PBSP® therapist, using unique processes called PBSP® ‘Structures’ and ‘Microtracking™’, helps clients to identify their emotional deficits, and create ‘new memories’. These ‘new memories’ provide clients with symbolic fulfillment of their basic developmental needs of place, nurture, support, protection and limits. This results in clients having happier, healthier, more productive, and hope-filled lives. We believe PBSP® is the most advanced therapeutic system for this ‘emotional re-education’ or ‘reprogramming’." October 31st, 2006
Sent out an emailing "Albert Pesso Workshop Dates" October 28th, 2006
*Updated the look of the page: "Those Recently Certified [in PBSP®]", changing it to "People Certified in PBSP®" along with an invitation for those who are certified but are not listed yet to add their information.
*New Links page to past emailings and Pesso Boyden [e]News. October 24th, 2006
*Added to the list of articles: Lindau Lecture transcription
*Summary of Comments from two workshops Al Pesso led at the New York Crime Victims Conference October 20th, 2006
*Added to the list of articles on this site: The Relationship Between Pesso System Psychomotor Therapy and a Neurobiological Model: The working draft of a lecture given at the University of Groningen, June 1st, 1988.
*New Quote from a client of certified PSBP Therapist Barbara Fischer-Bartelmann. See "What People Say about PBSP®".
*New page added/begun: About Franklin. October 16th, 2006
Updated organization of the Articles page and updated look of the articles page and many of its linked articles. October 10th, 2006
New Alta Vista translation service added to the PBSP®.com website. Click on a flag in the left border of any page to have it machine translated from English into one of the following languages: Chinese, German, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. You can also click in the left border on the words "Alta Vista" or the link above to translate a block of copied text or another web address. October 5th, 2006
The Pessos are selling off parts of their property in Franklin, NH as a way to raise funds, lower overhead, and consolidate their efforts in marketing PBSP® and helping it to reach more of the world. The property sale includes portions of what has been known to the PBSP® community as "Westgate" including the Beach Cottage, the historic Farm House, and the 5 Cottages. The Beach Cottage is being sold as a separate property, but the Farm House and five cottages are part of a new condominium community which share part of the beach on Webster Lake. The group of properties for sale together now have a new name: Sunny Sands on Webster Lake. Also see the new page set up and new guest room pictures of Strolling Woods. October 3rd, 2006
New border links on the website -- ones that don't require Java which made pages take a long time to open, and for some people made the links completely unavailable. Sept 30, 2006
New Experiential (Structure) workshop with Albert Pesso at Strolling Woods on Webster Lake posted on the web for January 12-14, 2007. There is another Experiential workshop Dec 8-10, 2006 which has been added to Albert Pesso's Calendar. Sept 29, 2006
New PDF Printable version of the Excerpt from Albert Pesso's Chapter in the book
"Getting in Touch: A Guide to Body-Centered Therapies" Edited by Christine Caldwell, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, IL,1997. Sept 28, 2006
New Chapter of a book yet to be published posted: Filling the Holes-in-roles of the Past With the Right People at the Right Time A new and surprising way to open the door to happiness in the present copyright 2006 by Albert Pesso. New site from Google (Google Language Tools) found to help translate this website into other languages or translate other PBSP®-related sites into English or another language. Update to the Danish PBSP® Training page, Sept 15, 2006
Ongoing changes to the website - design changes of sidebar links also a new Executive page with lead in from the home page. See also new look of many other pages such as Therapy Opportunities, Training Opportunities, the USA Supervisor/Trainer Training Group 1 page, and new photos added to the Pesso's New Home. Note also that one can now purchase the paperback of the Maggie Scarf book: "Secrets, Lies, and Betrayals" (with a large section on PBSP® in it) for our cost price which is $7.50 Aug 21, 2006 posting of two Experiential Workshops (Personal Development)
Many pages have been moved. If you can't find a page or info you want, check out the Search Page. March 8, 2006 Trondheim, Norway Research December 14, 2005 New Prague Research December 14, 2005
The Corrective Experience, article by Albert Pesso written in 2002
December 14, 2005 Where is What I call "I"?
Keynote Lecture by Albert Pesso for the European Association for Body Psychotherapy Congress, Travemunde, Germany, September 5th, 1999
November 25, 2005 Email announcement about future activities See Email
October 25, 2005 The Prague Research done with Dr. Jiri Horacek ready for publication Prague Research Paper
October 15, 2006 Brain scan results for PBSP® research in Prague
October 25, 2005 PDF Version of the International Training Curriculum October 15, 2005 Albert Pesso's article Description of PBSP® Process in Preparation for Prague Research Paper October 15, 2005 Word for word transcription and description of "Kathleen's" structure led by Albert Pesso, including commentary by Kathleen and her poem See Story September 21, 2005 Email announcement about future activities See Story August 29, 2005 Lorraine Hodge organized a fine memorial for Janet Smith See Story
July 12, 2005 Robert Beloof, Certified PBSP® Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer killed as he crossed the street in Portland, Oregon See Story July 9, 2005. Janet Smith succumbs to Lung Cancer See Story July 8,, 2005. Al Pesso successfully undergoes surgery for a total hip replacement See Story
Albert Pesso Bios -- Short Biography of Feb. 2003 June 20, 2005. The 5th PBSP® Congress in Minneapolis was a great success See Story March 7th, 2005: Albert Pesso has been going through some of his files and found this article of value which he wrote in 1997: Enactment.
Feb 12th, 2005: email flyer for the NYC Training/Experiential Workshop of April 1-3, 2005. See also the NYC Training Group Page. Jan. 24th, 2005 more information added: Jan. 11th, 2005 improved Jan 20th - 24th: Read the responses of Almuth Roth-Bilz, who was certified as PBSP® Therapist in June of 2004, to the questions we ask of "Those Recently Certified". Jan. 10th, 2004: Update to Al Pesso's Schedule: Dr. Bessel van der Kolk has invited Al Pesso to lead a , One Day Trauma Lecture/Demonstration PBSP® Training for Certification students of the Trauma Center in Brookline, Massachusetts. Jan 7th, 2004: Happy New Year 2005 Update emailing has been sent using a new service to handle it. If you did not receive it and would like to please sign up to be on our e-mailing list. Jan 11th note: We decided not to use the new service for the time being and send the emailing directly from this office. If you received a "Confirmation" notice, you may disregard it. Jan 5th, 2004: More information about the Introductory Training Workshop by Albert Pesso coming up at Samford University in Birmingham Alabama January 28th, 2005 Dec 30th, 2004 - Jan 11th: Multiple comments from a first time attendee of a recent Experiential Workshop in New Hampshire with Albert Pesso immediately at the end of the workshop and a few weeks later: "I told Al that after a year and a half of chasing alcoholism, borderline personality disorder & co-dependency, I finally found what's really wrong with me. I came in here with a 9 out of 10 - in pain, despair, & hopelessness -- and now I'm ready to get on with my life. I feel a lot better and I'm 'ready to roll'. Al told me to make a sketch of my structure to replay it in my mind [for further benefits]." ... "With my first structure, I am overjoyed to report that I now have significantly reduced discomfort (physical and emotional). What a way to start off a New Year! PBSP® really works!!" ... "Although some of my discomfort occasionally returns, what a relief it is to know that I can replay the structure in my mind - using PBSP® as a powerful 'tool' to self-soothe. Please allow me this opportunity to say how pleasant and wonderful it is dealing with caring professionals like all of you at PBSP®!" ... "Warmest Regards and Many Thanks" -- Don L from Brunswick, Maine. See the Ongoing comments from Don L.
For more comments about PBSP® see "What People Say About PBSP®". Added Dec 23rd, 2004: 21 page Curriculum Vitae of Albert Pesso in PDF format of Jan. 2004; see also Media Packet and Al Pesso Bios & CVs. Added Dec 17th, 2004: Healing Attachment Injuries & Trauma -- PBSP®: A Mind /Body Approach Training with live Demonstrations by Albert Pesso, 2 Workshops Feb. 5th & 6th in Winter Park Florida Coordinated by certified PBSP® Therapists (and PBSP® Supervisor Trainees) Deborah Wilbur and Sandy Canfield. BROCHURE in PDF format [what is a PDF?] or BROCHURE in webpage format, Calendar listing on the Training Opportunities page. Itinerary. Added Dec 15th, 2004:
Update on the 5th International PBSP® Conference from the Chair, Jim Amundsen, PhD. Added Dec 8th, 2004:
Early response from Petra Vrtbovska on Albert Pesso's PBSP® & Foster Care Dec. 2nd, 2004 Added Dec 4th, 2004:
Short report from Albert Pesso on the two lectures which just took place in Prague. Added Nov 29, 2004: A Special week has been set aside for individual private therapy sessions with Albert Pesso in New Hampshire, from January 2nd through January 8th, 2005 (Sun-Sat, 7 Days). See Albert Pesso One to Ones & contact the International PBSP® Office
Added Nov 26, 2004: Two Lectures by Albert Pesso in Prague Czech Republic are coming up very soon: Thursday, December 2nd, 2004, from 7:00-9:30pm on the topic: "What happens to abused, neglected, abandoned children and how to help in foster care", at the Institute for Foster Care Development (www.natama.cz) Orlická 9 PRAHA 3 130 00 info@natama.cz tel.: +420 222 733 307. Petra Vrtbovska (vrtbovska@natama.cz), the Director of the Natama Institute, coordinated this event. She says she'd like for future Czech foster parents to have training in PBSP® (see the email regarding this and the lecture). This Lecture Demonstration is open to the Public but filled very quickly and has a waiting list. Friday December 3rd 2004, at 7:00pm on the topic: "Spirituality and Concepts of God in Psychotherapy: and how they develop or restrict psychotherapeutic approaches",
sponsored by Diabasis, at Unitaria -- Hall of Dr. N.F. Capek. For more information please see: email invitation in English, or email invitation in Czech; Czech info on Diabasis in html or as a PDF and Czech info on PBSP® in html or as a PDF.
Improved Nov. 16th, 2004: some photos from inside and around the Pessos' New Home Added Oct. 22nd, 2004: Added Oct. 12th, 2004: Added Oct. 7th, 2004:
An approximately 5 minute long segment/preview (in Windows Media Player [don't have WMP or don't know?] of the "Holes in Roles" lecture Albert Pesso gave at the University of Osnabruecke, Germany in 2003. This segment is viewable for 56K modems and higher and is therefore of low visual and audio quality. The actual video CD of this lecture is much higher quality. Added Oct. 4th, 2004: Added Oct. 1st, 2004: Added Sept. 20, 2004
New 2005 workshop dates added to Albert Pesso's Schedule & Info on Experiential ("Structure") Workshops in Franklin, NH page.
Added Sept. 18, 2004
Two new PBSP® Training pages added: 18 Criteria for PBSP® Therapists, and "15 Points" Evaluation Criteria for Certification of PBSP® Supervisors.
Note from Conference Chair, Jim Amundsen, about the 5th International PBSP® Congress
Added Sept. 2, 2004 New page under construction for the new USA 2004-2005 PBSP® Supervisors Training Group.
Added Aug. 30th, 2004 New "enlarged view" images were added to the article, " Memory and Consciousness: In the Mind's Eye, In the Mind's Body".
Added Aug. 27th, 2004 Added Aug. 18th, 2004: There is new PBSP® Certification Training Program being formed in California. Their meeting places will be between Los Angeles and the Bay area (San Francisco). See the "Training Opportunities" page for more information. A new Experiential Workshop with Albert Pesso in NH has been scheduled (Sept. 27-29, 2004) due to demand. It is already almost full. This is the last Experiential workshop with Al scheduled in NH till December. See Experiential Workshops with Albert Pesso in NH.
Added Aug. 10th, 2004: Invitation from Albert Pesso to the 5th International PBSP® Congress in Minneapolis, Minnesota, June 9-12, 2005. Two new PBSP® articles have been submitted for posting on this website by their author, certified PBSP® Trainer, Dr. Lowijs Perquin, MD. PhD:
Neuroscience and its significance for psychotherapy, An overview from the perspective of Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor,
and Issues of Narcissism and Omnipotence treated by the use of physical limits with a symbolic meaning in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor. Both articles are here in PDF format. If the links don't open for you see 'What is a PDF?' New PBSP® Supervisors Training program starting in Franklin, NH. Maggie Scarf has her own new website: maggiescarf.com. Read more about her new book which includes 3 chapters on PBSP® on our webpage: Maggie Scarf: Secrets, Lies, Betrayals.
Added June 30th, 2004: On June 29th, 2004 Maggie Scarf wrote in to tell us that her book has been submitted for a Pulitzer Prize and is a selection of the Book of the Month Club! To read more about Maggie and her book click here. The Pesso's have moved in to their new house! More news about it to come later; for now see the photo of it on the top of the home page on the right side. The "Holes in Roles for Couples and Families" workshop at the Massachusetts School for Professional Psychology June 18th-19th, 2004 went exceptionally well. Go to the Follow Up Report to read responses from the participants. A 1hr 10 min recording was made of the Introductory Lecture for this workshop; it will be offered as a DVD through this website soon. Another workshop has been scheduled for June 17th & 18th, of next year.
New Quote from Maggie Scarf about PBSP® from her interview on the Diane Rehm Show.
Added June 9th, 2004 Emailing Update of June 1, 2004:
PBSP® on Diane Rehm Show on NPR Wednesday June 2nd 11:06am
Maggie Scarf, award winning author, has written a fabulous book, Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: The Body/Mind Connection, How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them just published by Random House. Maggie has a way of describing the PBSP® process and structures that is so true, clear and absorbing that it will keep you enthralled and absorbed, right to the end.
If you listen to National Public Radio you will want to hear Maggie being interviewed live on the Diane Rehm Show Wednesday June 2nd, from 11:06am to about 12pm Eastern Standard Time.
Added June 1st, 2004 Pesso Boyden News - April/May 2004
In this Issue: NH Workshops with Al Pesso -- Research -- Books and publications -- Conferences -- Open Experiential Workshops with Al Pesso in Basel, Switzerland -- Special Workshops with Al Pesso -- Al Pesso One to One Sessions, Trainings, Lecture & Event Scheduling -- DVDs, CDs, & VHSs -- Existing and New PBSP® Training Group Locations -- Those Recently Certified -- Contact Us and Send Your News
Added April 27th, 2004 Added April 18th, 2004: Added April 4th, 2004: New Certified PBSP® Training Groups starting
Added April 3rd, 2004 Samford University "Introduction to PBSP®"
Albert Pesso will present this 6 hour professional workshop on June 14th, 2004 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.
Added April 1st, 2004 Handbook of Body-Psychotherapy / Handbuch der Körperpsychotherapie
Albert Pesso has written a chapter tentatively titled “The Externalized Realization of the Unconscious and the Corrective Experience” for this book edited by Halko Weiss, and Gustl Marlock. This book will come out in German this summer (2004) by the leading academic psychology publisher in the German language, Hogrefe Verlag.
Added Mar 29th, 2004 New quote about PBSP® through a structure experience. See What People Say About PBSP®: Dakota Quote.
Added Mar 29th, 2004 5th International PBSP® Congress Website is up and running at: www.PBSP®-ncps.com". Remember to save the dates June 8-11, 2005 to attend, in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. You can also still find info about this conference on the PBSP®.com website at: http://www.PBSP®.com/conferences/5thIntPBSP®/5thintco.htm, or follow the side bar link to Conferences.
Added Mar 24th, 2004 "Psychotherapy Conference" May 13-15, 2004 in Munich Germany The third day of this conference is devoted to PBSP® workshops by Munich PBSP® Training Group Associates.
Added Mar 17th, 2004 Best Selling book author Maggie Scarf has an upcoming book: Secrets, Lies and Betrayals, due to be released by Random House Publishing on May 11th, 2004. The final three chapters of this book are entirely on "Psychomotor" [PBSP®]. She writes in great detail and understanding, fully describing a complete structure, led by Albert Pesso and refers to her own PBSP® work as well.
Added Feb 26, 2004 Albert Pesso will present a Pre-conference Institute: "Holes in Roles", on Oct 6th & 7th at the 9th European Congress of Body-Psychotherapy: "The Body at the Center of Psychotherapy", October 7-10, 2004, in Athens Marathona, Greece.
Added Feb 24, 2004 fixed links in Al Pesso's Schedule page, and others links Albert Pesso will be presenting a Pre-Conference Institute on PBSP® for the Boston University School of Medicine conference PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA on June 10th 2004.
Added Feb 21, 2004 The Southeastern Psychomotor Society, Ridgeview Institute and Illuminata Present "Holes in Roles and the Click of Closure: PBSP®* work with Maturational Deficits, Trauma and Holes in Family Systems History", Saturday & Sunday, April 3 & 4, 2004 Atlanta, GA. A Clinical Workshop for Licensed Professionals with Albert Pesso.
Added Jan 21, 2004 To see What WAS New in 2003 and earlier click here |
