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Alexander Lowen (1910-), a practicing psychoanalyst, developed Bioenergetic Therapy which has greatly contributed to the function of the body (SOMA) in relationship to the mind (PSYCHO). A. Lowen commented that the recent psychoanalytic therapy is so adherent to Freudian principles that it has proved ineffective, for the therapist is so much concerned with an exclusive use of verbal communication between patient and therapist.As a former student of Wilhelm Reich and a Reichian Therapist, Lowen believes that character and personality are physically structured, and any psychological problem manifest itself in the body, its structure and movement. Therefore Bioenergetic Therapy puts its main focus on bodily aspects of the patient with the basic view that any psychic phenomenon is expressed in somatic motion in which BIOENERGY manifests itself.Thus, the goal of bioenergetic therapy is to reunite body and mind by getting rid of various obstracles which prohibit the natural flow of bioenergy in man.In this article, the theory and practice of bioenergetic therapy developed by A. Lowen are briefly introduced and discussed.
