Articles by Albert Pesso & Diane Boyden Pesso

Kern Lecture Text of lecture on Psychotherapy and Spirituality delivered in March 2008 for Kern's celebration of its 30th anniversary and 10th anniversary of the Flemish Pesso Association.

Lindau Lecture Transcription of an Introductory Lecture on Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Presented by Albert Pesso For the Cormann Institute, Lindau, Germany.

The Corrective Experience

Where is What I call "I"? Keynote Lecture by Albert Pesso for the European Association for Body Psychotherapy Congress, Travemunde, Germany, September 5th, 1999

Preparation for publication of research study

Enactment

Cultivating the Seeds of Hope a chapter by Albert Pesso in the book Between Stress and Hope edited by Rebecca Jacoby and Giora Keinan.

Diane Boyden Pesso on PBSP® Diane Boyden Pesso describes in detail and in very clear language the theories and ideas behind the interventions she makes in leading structures.

Stages and Screens: Psychoanalysis Revisited Grand Rounds Lecture delivered by Albert Pesso at Boston University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry, November, 1999.

Holes in Roles  excerpt or full version

Filling the Holes-in-roles of the Past

Kathleen's Structure led by Albert Pesso - transcribed and described by Al including commentary by Kathleen and her poem

Excerpt from Albert Pesso's Chapter in "Getting in Touch: A Guide to Body-Centered Therapies" Edited by Christine Caldwell, Theosophical Publishing House, Wheaton, IL, 1997

Editor’s Note: The Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor* was discovered/founded by Albert Pesso and Diane Boyden-Pesso in 1961. This, then, represents one of the earliest "second generation" systems in somatic psychology. They started as dancers interested in the way movement and the psyche related, both within an individual and within groups. Since that time they have devoted their energy to refining their process and improving and expanding long-term certification training programs in Norway, Denmark, Holland, Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, and in many cities throughout the United States.

 Their careful and thorough articulation of how we come to feel ill and how we can move into health has been a standard for others to follow. The Pessos specialize in creating experiential "structures" or activities that remediate past developmental deficits that are dysfunctionally driving one’s current life. Through enacting need satisfaction in a supportive, coaching environment, we can truly come into the present moment...

Memory and Consciousness: In the Mind’s Eye, in the Mind’s Body by Albert Pesso

Presented by Albert Pesso at the first Congress of the Nederlands Vereniging voor Pesso Psychotherapie, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, November 25, 2000
This article scientifically explains the connection between memory and consciousness and how they intrinsically involve the body; localizing this concept as central within body psychotherapy theory, while also giving a clear and condensed overview of the Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor modality. Our past experiences and the memories associated with them can lead to a body filled with emotion, these "charged body states" come before emotional expression but this emotionality is often unconsciously suppressed and so remains stuck in the body. The result of this can manifest anywhere along the continuum of disease. This modality creates a venue, an environment where the client can safely express these "body-bound emotions." Everything we experience or have experienced in our lives is registered and stored in our brain and in our body. Brain research shows that our consciousness, our idea of who we are and what is going on around us, is for the most part based on and driven by memory. This explains why people who have grown up in an unsupportive environment tend to have a negative adult experience as well. In PBSP®, by reenacting and then recreating more positive symbolic "as-if-past" conditioning. Thus clients are provided a way to reinterpret their consciousness, allowing them to create new, positive, experiences and therefore a new way of viewing the world.  (This abstract was provided in 2005 by Colleen Campbell.  It is part of her annotated bibliography of the field of Body Psychotherapy for the USABP Journal.  She is currently pursuing a doctorate in clinical psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology.)

The Possibility Sphere by Albert Pesso

Transcription of a lecture on the Possiblity Sphere given in 1990 by Albert Pesso during a training program in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor

PBSP® Perspective on Wilhelm Reich by Albert Pesso

Written for the Conference on the Commemoration of 100th Anniversarly of Wilhelm Reich, held in Sao Paolo, Brazil, August 25-28, 1997

Self Regulation, Labor and Democracy by Albert Pesso Written for the Conference on the Commemoration of 100th Anniversarly of Wilhelm Reich, held in Sao Paolo, Brazil, August 25-28, 1997

On Contract and Motivation in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor  Lowijs Perquin, MD transcribed and edited this Albert Pesso lecture from a 1996 training workshop audiotape with assistance from Louisa Howe and Albert Pesso.

The Realization of Hope  Article written by Albert Pesso for the journal Communication and Cognition

World Trade Center Towers  A brief article by Albert Pesso about the destruction of the twin towers.

On Taking Body Psychotherapy Into Corporate Culture -- "Trends" Interview of Al Pesso by Jan Dragin - for the United States Association for Body Psychotherapy Newsletter
Part One  (vol. 11 Fall 2002) -
Part Two  (vol. 12 Winter 2003)

"Due at least in part to managed care, many psychotherapists in recent years have attempted to transfer their skills into the world of business consulting. What is the potential for body psychotherapy in the corporate world?

We decided to talk to someone who has been bringing “BP to B” for a long time. In this edition of “Trends” we talk with Al Pesso, co-founder with Diane Boyden Pesso, of Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PBSP®). ....."

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

PBSP® Literature List

A partial list of other articles on Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor.

• Image of the Self and The Body, Albert Pesso, 1986

• Touch and Action-The Use of the Body in Psychotherapy, Albert Pesso, 1984

• Ego Function and Pesso System Psychomotor Therapy, Albert Pesso, 1985, Transcribed by Lowijs Perquin, MD, Edited by Lowijs Perquin, MD, Gus Kaufman, Ph.D. and Albert Pesso

• Introduction to Pesso System Psychomotor, Albert Pesso, Transcribed by Claude Marchessault, 1984

• Description of a Structure, Albert Pesso, 1981

• Abuse, Albert Pesso, 1984

• Working With Suicidal Clients, Albert Pesso, 1985

• Ego Development and the Body, Albert Pesso, 1988

• Sexual Abuse, A. Pesso, 1988

• Effects of Pre- and Perinatal Trauma, Albert Pesso, 1990

• Center of Truth, True Scene & Pilot, Albert Pesso, 1990

Articles by Lowijs Perquin, MD

Neuroscience and its significance for psychotherapy (PDF) , An overview from the perspective of  Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor

Issues of Narcissism and Omnipotence treated by the use of physical limits with a symbolic meaning in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (PDF)

Omnipotence and Limits in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor: Guidelines for Limit Structures on the central roles of omnipotence and limits in early sequences of human development.

Article by David Cooper

PBSP® As the Practical Resolution of Philosophical Conflicts Combining insights from a 1995 interview with Albert Pesso and Diane Boyden Pesso and the works of Jurgen Habermas, Michael Walzer, and selected postmodern feminist writers by David E. Cooper - Department of Philosophy, Northern Michigan University.

Article by Jim Amundsen Ph.D.

What PBSP® can teach Psychoanalysis  This article was presented at the Fourth International PBSP® Conference in Oslo, Norway, September, 1998

Articles by Others --  Bibliography of Articles and Books

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