USABP - United States Association for Body Psychotherapy

07/06/2026

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07/06/2026

07/06/2026

The task of therapy is not to remove the weeds while preserving the flowers. It is to cultivate a relationship with the whole garden.

“Men and women deeply caught in shame will ... pull out both weeds and flowers because so many of their own feelings seem defective and soiled.” — Marion Woodman

One of the most profound consequences of shame is not that we feel too much, but that we learn to distrust what we feel.

In both Jungian analysis and body psychotherapy, healing does not come from suppressing emotions or replacing them with more acceptable ones. It comes from developing the capacity to stay in relationship with our emotional experience long enough to understand its meaning.

Feelings that are denied, judged, or split off do not disappear. They often persist in the body as tension, contraction, numbness, symptoms, or repetitive patterns of relating. When approached with curiosity, however, emotions become carriers of information, vitality, and transformation.

As the next edition of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal (IBPJ) is dedicated to Psychoanalysis, we invite reflection on how psychoanalytic and body psychotherapeutic approaches help us understand the emotional life of the person—not as something to be controlled, but as something to be listened to, symbolized, and integrated.

How do you work with emotions that clients have learned to fear, reject, or disconnect from?

07/01/2026

🌿 IBPJ Webinar Series continue!

*Movement Through Time: Understanding Generational Differences Through Body Psychotherapy*

✨ with Александра Алгафари / Alexandra Algafari

How do the times we live in shape our bodies, emotions, and ways of relating?

Join us for a fascinating webinar with *Alexandra Algafari* - renowned Bulgarian psychotherapist, author, and trainer.

Through the lens of Body Psychotherapy, Alexandra will explore how different generations carry the imprint of their historical, social, and cultural experiences in the body.

✨ How do social changes affect our nervous systems?
✨ How are generational experiences reflected somatically?
✨ What can Body Psychotherapy teach us about intergenerational understanding and healing?

Whether you are a psychotherapist, counselor, student, researcher, or simply curious about the connection between body, psyche, and society, this webinar offers rich insights and practical reflections for our times.

💚 This is a low-cost event (€5) organized in support of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal.

Registration

1️⃣ Make your €5 contribution:
https://buy.stripe.com/00w3cv2HIaSsd4Iacubwk01

Once done, we will send you the login details.

We look forward to welcoming you to this inspiring conversation on embodiment across generations.

07/01/2026

For more than three decades, Donnalea Van Vleet Goelz has shared the transformative practice of Continuum Movement with students around the world.

As the Continuum Movement teacher selected by founder Emilie Conrad to continue the legacy, Donnalea's work bridges movement, somatic psychology, neuroscience, and embodied awareness.

Her teaching reminds us that healing isn't always about doing more. Sometimes it's about listening more deeply.

🌊 Experience a Continuum Movement class and discover what's possible.