How do emotions contribute to a lively psyche and a vital body?

Authors

  • Margit Koemeda-Lutz

Abstract

Emotions play an important role in psychopathology as well as in psychotherapeutic processes. Contemporary life style concerning emotions is analyzed. It follows a description of emotions as phenomena, trying to base these on neurobiological grounds. Cerebral structures and functional systems involved in emotional processes are described. In the second part of this paper the question about the relevance of these findings for psychotherapeutic work is discussed. Emotions are shown to mediate between internal or external stimuli and behaviour. Finally some emotion-oriented body-psychotherapeutic techniques are presented. Indications and contraindications for intensity-enhancing or intensity-reducing techniques are discussed.

Keywords Emotion; Neurobiology; Body psychotherapy; Psycho-somatics; Stress

Author Biography

Margit Koemeda-Lutz

Dr. Dipl.-Psych. Margit Koemeda-Lutz, Psychotherapeutin SPV in freier Praxis, Lehrtherapeutin und Supervisorin für Bioenergetische Analyse und Therapie (SGBAT, IIBA), Gründungsmitglied und im Leitungsteam der Breitensteiner Psychotherapiewochen (1981-2000), Mitglied der Wissenschaftskommission der Schweizer Charta für Psychotherapie, Herausgeberin von „Bioenergetic Analysis - The Clinical Journal of the IIBA“.

Korrespondenz: Fruthwilerstrasse 70,
8272 Ermatingen, Schweiz

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Published

2007-04-01

How to Cite

Koemeda-Lutz, M. (2007). How do emotions contribute to a lively psyche and a vital body?. Psychotherapie-Wissenschaft, (2), 85–95. Retrieved from https://psychotherapie-wissenschaft.info/article/view/127

Issue

No. 2 (2007): Psychotherapie Forum 15/2 (veröffentlicht bei Springer Wien New York)

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Original Work

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