Hakomi
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The Hakomi Method is a psycho-therapeutic approach developed by Ron Kurtz in the 1970s that integrates mindfulness and somatic techniques to address psychological and emotional issues.<ref name="HakomiInst">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Body Psychotherapy pp. 133-141, Tree Staunton, 2002, Template:ISBN Google Books</ref>
Approach and methodEdit
According to the Hakomi Institute, the method uses mindfulness, psychotherapy, and somatic interventions to address attachment wounds and developmental trauma.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Kurtz's book Body-Centered Psychotherapy outlines five principles of the method, drawn from Eastern spirituality, including mindfulness, nonviolence, organicity, unity, and body-mind holism.<ref name="Cole">Template:Cite book</ref> Some Hakomi leaders add two more principles: truth and mutability.<ref name="Cole" />
The method also draws from systems theory, regarding people as "self-organizing systems", organized psychologically around core memories, beliefs, and images, and claiming this core material expresses itself through habits and attitudes around which people unconsciously organize their behavior. The purported goal of the method is to transform one's way of being in the world through changing core beliefs.<ref name="HakomiMethodIntro">Kurtz 1990: 2-4</ref>
Related therapiesEdit
The Hakomi Institute (founded in 1981) describes itself as an international nonprofit that offers training in Hakomi therapy in multiple countries.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The institute's programs focus on training psychotherapists and professionals in related fields. Its faculty are primarily professional psychotherapists who incorporate insights from neuroscience and clinical practice into their teaching of the Hakomi Method. The Hakomi Institute is a member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, the U.S. Association for Body Psychotherapists, and an accredited Continuing Education provider for the National Board for Certified Counselors and the National Association of Social Workers.
Kurtz left the Hakomi Institute in the 1990s to create a new organization, Ron Kurtz Trainings,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> which offers training for professionals and laypeople.
ValidationEdit
The European Association for Psychotherapy recognizes body psychotherapy as a validated branch of psychotherapy; the Hakomi Method is one of the modalities included under this category.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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Further readingEdit
- The Herald (22 September 2004) Hakomi is the topic. Page 15.
- Johanson, Gregory. (22 June 2006) Annals of the American Psychotherapy Association. A survey of the use of mindfulness in psychotherapy. Volume 9; Issue 2; Page 15.
- Marshall, Lisa. (15 October 2001) Daily Camera The power of touch. Body psychotherapy sees massage and movement as an adjunct to counseling. Section: Fit; Page C1
- Sutter, Cindy. (21 June 2004) Daily Camera Healing the body and the mind, Hakomi helps clients heal with mindfulness. Section: Fit; Page D1.
BooksEdit
- Weiss, Johanson, Monda, editors. Hakomi Mindfulness-Centered Somatic Psychotherapy: A Comprehensive Guide to Theory and Practice, 2015, Norton, NY. Foreword by Richard C. Schwartz, Template:ISBN.
- Benz, Dyrian and Halko Weiss. To The Core of Your Experience, Luminas Press, 1989, preface by Ron Kurtz.
- Fisher, Rob. Experiential Psychotherapy With Couples: A Guide for the Creative Pragmatist. Phoenix, AZ: Zeig, Tucker & Theisen, 2002, foreword by Ron Kurtz. Template:ISBN.
- Johanson, Greg and Kurtz, Ron. Grace Unfolding, Psychotherapy in the Spirit of the Tao Te Ching, New York: Bell Tower, 1991.
- Kurtz, Ron and Prestera, Hector. The Body Reveals: An Illustrated Guide to the Psychology of the Body, New York: Harper&Row/Quicksilver Books, 1976.
- Kurtz, Ron: Hakomi Therapy, Boulder, CO: 1983.
- Kurtz, Ron: Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method. Mendecino: LifeRhythm, 1990.Template:ISBN.
ChaptersEdit
- Caldwell, Christine, ed. Getting in Touch: The Guide to New Body-Centered Therapies. Wheaton: Quest Books, 1997. See ch. 3 by Ron Kurtz and Kukuni Minton on "Essentials of Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy", pp. 45–60, and ch. 9 by Pat Ogden on "Hakomi Integrated Somatics: Hands-On Psychotherapy", pp. 153–178.
- Capuzzi, David and Douglas Gross, eds. Counseling and Psychotherapy: Theories and Interventions. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall, 2003: See Donna M. Roy "Body-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy", pp. 360–389.
- Cole, J. David and Carol Ladas-Gaskin. Mindfulness Centered Therapies: An Integrative Approach. Seattle, WA: Silver Birch Press, 2007.
- Menkin, Dan. Transformation Through Bodywork: Using Touch Therapies for Inner Peace. Santa Fe, New Mexico: Bear & Company, 1996. See especially ch. 15 on "The Tao Te Ching and the Principle of Receptivity", pp. 119–128.
- Morgan, Marilyn. The Alchemy of Love: Personal Growth Journeys in Psychotherapy Training. VDM Verlag, Saarbrücken, Germany, 2008.
- Schaefer, Charles E., ed. Innovative Interventions in Child and Adolescent Therapy. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1988. See Greg Johanson and Carol Taylor, "Hakomi Therapy with Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents," pp. 232–265.
- Staunton, Tree. Body Psychotherapy. New York: Taylor & Francis, 2002. See Philippa Vick, "Psycho-Spiritual Body Psychotherapy", pp. 133–147.