1st Edition
Psychodynamic Foundations of Bioenergetic Analysis Responses from Body-Psychotherapy to the Uncertainty of Our Times
Preface by Garry Cockburn to the Book Series Psychodynamic Foundations of Bioenergetic Analysis
Foreword by the Editors
Part 1: Psychodynamic Theory for Bioenergetic Practice
1.1. Neurobiological Foundations of Self-Development (Reinhard Weber-Steinbach)
1.2. Psychodynamic Understanding in Bioenergetic Analysis (Jens Tasche)
1.3. Bioenergetic Analysis and Attachment Theory (Dorota Wejner)
1.4. The Moving Body in Relationship: Bioenergetics and Intersubjective Psychoanalysis
(Dieter Rau-Luberichs)
1.5. Bioenergetic, Psychiatric and Psychodynamic Diagnostics
(Reinhard Weber-Steinbach)
Part 2: Bioenergetic Analysis in the Postmodern Age
2.1. Transcultural Challenges of Bioenergetic Analysis (Ulrich Sollmann)
2.2. New Forms of Suffering – Mental Disorders and Social Change (Jens Tasche)
2.3. Female Identities – Gendered Bodies and Sexual Bodies in the Making
(Rossana Colonna)
2.4. The Fourth Blow – Changes in Experiencing, Understanding and
Healing as a Result of the Fourth Technological Revolution (Martin Herberhold)
2.5. Body and Spirituality – A Love Affair (Irmhild Liebau)
Index of Keywords and Index of Persons
Table of Contents for the associated book Psychodynamic Foundations of Bioenergetic Analysis: Weaving Insight with Intensity through Body-Psychotherapy
Biography
Jens Tasche is a certified social worker (German Diploma) and Bioenergetic Analyst (CBT). He has been working in private practice in Berlin, Germany for more than 40 years.
Dorota Wejner is a Certified Bioenergetic Therapist (CBT) and certified TRE® Provider. She works in private practice in Warsaw, Poland and is a teaching therapist for the Polish training institute. She is a former board member of the Polish Association for Bioenergetic Analysis (2018/2019) and has twenty years of experience as manager, trainer, mediator and change leader.
Carsten Holle is a body-psychotherapist, both in private practice and at a care clinic for psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics in childhood and adolescence. He is also a lecturer at training institutes for child and adolescent psychotherapists.
Endorsements of the German Edition:
“[...] recommended for psychotherapists of all schools” − Gabriele Eßing, Berlin/Germany; Psychotherapist (Psychotherapie Aktuell 3.2025)
“[…] ideal for trainees“ − Peter Geißler, SFU Vienna; Psychotherapist and Training Analyst (körper−tanz−bewegung 2/2025)
