Therapeutic perspective in relationship of emotion and body: Deepening body sensation into dreambody

Abstract

Today, body and emotion seem to be marginalized in our busy life. A keyword to bring them back is somatic sensation, which has been often discussed in mindfulness and trauma therapy. Furthermore, referring to “dreambody,” which is a somatic deep psychotherapeutic approach, we will discuss how the body itself always shows meaning, from a teleological viewpoint and with some therapeutic cases.