Albert Pesso Bios: Short Biography of Feb, 2004 Return to Albert Pesso Bios Albert Pesso, President of the Psychomotor Institute, Inc. and co-founder
of Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy (PBSP®), with his wife, Diane
Boyden-Pesso. He has been
Consultant in Psychiatric Research at the Veteran’s Administration Hospital in
Boston; Director of Psychomotor Therapy at the New England Rehabilitation
Hospital, Boston, MA; and Director of Psychomotor Therapy at McLean Hospital in
Belmont, MA. Presently, he conducts
long term, three year, training programs for psychiatrists, psychologists,
social workers and other therapists in eleven countries and throughout the US.
He is the author of, "Movement in Psychotherapy; Psychomotor
Techniques and Training", New York University Press, 1969, "Experience
in Action; A Psychomotor Psychology", New York University
Press, 1973 "Dramaturgie
des Unbewusten" (Dramaturgy of the Unconscious) Klett-Cotta
(Stuttgart, Germany) 1986, Co-author, with Willy van Haver, of: "Het Gekwetste Zelf" (The Wounded Self)
Acco (Leuven, Belgium) 1990. Co-editor with John Crandell of: "Moving Psychotherapy: Theory and
Applications of Pesso System/Psychomotor Therapy", Brookline Books, 1991
Co-author with Tilmann Moser of "Strukturen
des Unbewussten" (Structures of the Unconscious) Klett-Cotta
(Stuttgart, Germany), 1991. Albert Pesso is author of numerous articles on
Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor. He is currently
completing a book on Holes in Roles addressing the application of PBSP® principles to family system fissures and
fractures. With neuroscientist colleagues, he is presently in the process of
evaluating data in a brain research study in Prague using fMRI scanning
technology to measure the effects of PBSP® on clients with a history of trauma. |