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abdominal area, self-touch strategies, 256–259
abuse
affect tolerance, 308
Adverse Impact of Childhood Experiences study, 81
affect, 186
affect tolerance, 3, 10, 24, 53–54, 138, 163, 178, 211, 270
attitudes toward emotion, 177
effects of physiological defenses on physiology of regulation, 167–170
emotional overwhelm, 260
emotional support from others, 176–177
energy psychology’s view of expanding emotional experiences, 173–174
formation of psychophysiological symptoms, 51–55, 177–181
increasing, 308
integration, 246
physiology of pleasant and unpleasant emotional experiences, 164
physiology of regulation and dysregulation, 164–167
shortening or ending cycles, 273–274
undoing physiological defenses and processing unresolved experiences, 170–173
unresolved childhood experiences, 174–176
air element, Polarity Therapy model, 321–322
alchemy
affect tolerance, 308
toleration of opposites, 85
alphabet, learning by writing, 119
amygdala (limbic brain), 131
bilateral dysfunction of, 158
generation of emotional experiences, 131
rapid information processing, 193–194
Anita—sleeps with lights on, 60–64
anxiety, 69
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), 318
expansion strategies, 256, 264
projective identification, 65–67
relaxation protocols, 151
self-touch strategies, 251–252
archetypal basis of resonance, 304–306
area to area expansion, 240. See also expansion
arms
self-touch strategies, 250–252
arousal, 147, 189–191, 190, 311
arousal/charge dynamics, 147–149
asthma, 20
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
stress of separation of children from mothers, 169
emotional coregulator, 305
autonomic nervous system
expansion, 241
polyvagal theory, 155, 253–254
awareness, and expansion, 242–243
“bad feelings” and “good feelings”, 29, 42, 88, 192–193, 198–199, 237
Baird, Larry D., 98
Barrett, Lisa Feldman, 8, 105, 190, 210, 311
basic emotions approach, 186–189, 188, 192–197
vs. constructionist approach, 191–192
behavior, 1–2. See also triad of cognition, emotion, and behavior
impact of lack of emotional capacity, 127–128
improvement in cognition and behavior, 268–270
improvement in collective resources, 270–271
between-session integration, 277–278
biochemical and bioelectrical dynamics, 157–158
Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, 6–7, 9, 319, 322
bioelectric and biomagnetic energy fields, 287
Bioenergetic Analysis, 5
breaking down constricted muscles, 145
role of voluntary muscular system, 145
breathing patterns, 151
interpersonal resonance, 286–289
biological functions, 151, 152
breathing, 151
heart rate, 152
Bion, Wilfred, 286
birth trauma, 4, 78–79, 169, 175, 215, 301, 302
blood flow, 165
body
availability of body for cognition, 125–127
brain gathers information from body, 102–103
brain generates emotions from body experience, 103–104
cognition, emotion, and behavior. See triad of cognition, emotion, and behavior
emotions are constructed from body experience, 104, 105
flow of information between brain body, 165
impact of lack of emotional capacity, 127–128
physiology of emotion. See physiology of emotion
posture, 124
recent neuroscience research, 100–102
role in cognition, 118–119, 122–125
science of role of body in emotional experience, 109–112
body physiology, 179, 185, 324
bioenergy fields, 287
division into areas for expansion, 240–241
electromagnetic and quantum mechanical energy, 161
expansion, 261–262. See also expansion
facial expressions and vocalizations, 199
usage of term in this text, 163
focus on muscular system, 146
postural analysis, 153
Bodynamic Analysis, 5, 7, 119, 121
role of voluntary muscular system, 145–146
Bodynamic Institute in Copenhagen, 121
Bodynamic Somatic Developmental Psychology. See Bodynamic Analysis
borderline personality disorder, 41–45
brain
amygdala (limbic brain), 131, 158, 193–194
effect of embodying emotion on cognition, 129
emotions are constructed from body experience, 104–105
flow of information between brain body, 165
gathering information from body, 102–103
generating emotions from body experience, 103–104
generation of emotion on its own, 112–114
molecules of emotion, 115
psychoneuroimmunology, 114
role of language in construction of emotional experiences, 105
science of role of body in emotional experience, 109–112
brain physiology, 178–179, 185, 324
bioenergy fields, 287
cognition, emotion, and behavior, 127
disruption in essential flows, 166–167
division into areas for expansion, 240–241
electromagnetic and quantum mechanical energy, 161
expansion, 259–262. See also expansion
facial expressions and vocalizations, 199
usage of term in this text, 163
breakups, 167
depression, 213
processing heartbreak, 170
breathing, 151
arousal/charge dynamics, 149
breathing muscles, 45
panic attacks, 252
broken hearts, 83–84. See also breakups
Brown, David Jay, 289
cancer, and prayer, 24
case studies
Anita—sleeps with lights on, 60–64
borderline emotional states, 41–45
Connie—electrocution and migraines, 27–34
Petra—the voice and panic attacks, 18–26
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), 24, 323
central nervous system, expansion, 241, 259
checklists of possible emotional reactions, 225
chest
self-touch strategies, 256–259
chi, 316
childhood experiences, affect tolerance, 174–176
children. See also mothers
asthma due to stress of separation from mothers, 169
mother–child bonding, 119
trauma, 169
chronic fatigue, 21
chronic pain, 21
circumplex model of emotions, 189–190, 190, 198
cognition, 1–2, 80. See also triad of cognition, emotion, and behavior
effect of embodying emotion on cognition, 128–129
hindered cognition due to hindered body, 125–127
impact of lack of emotional capacity, 127–128
improvement in cognition and behavior, 268–270
role of body and environment, 118–119
transformative insights, 80
cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), 24, 323
exposure therapy, 33, 60–61. See also exposure therapy
collective traumas (intergenerational), 67
Colombetti, Giovanna, 9
communication of emotional states, 107–108
complementary countertransference, 292
concordant (mirror) countertransference, 292
Connie—electrocution and migraines, 27–34
conscious emotion, 96
constriction/deconstriction dynamics, 144–147
hyperconstriction/hypoconstriction, 142, 145–146
undoing, 25
constructionist approach to emotions, 190–191
Barrett’s constructive theory of emotion, 190–191, 210, 311
vs. basic emotions approach, 191–192
constructive theory of emotion, 190–191, 311
coping strategies
arousal/charge dynamics, 147–149
biochemical and bioelectrical dynamics, 157–158
constriction/deconstriction dynamics, 144–147
electromagnetic and quantum mechanical energy dynamics, 160–161
five dynamics involved in coping with situations, 146
stress, regulation, and dysregulation dynamics, 158–160
countertransference
reactions, 291
couples therapy, 214
Cowen, Alan, 186
craniosacral therapy, 158
crying
Connie—electrocution and migraines, 27–31
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
cultures, variability of emotional experiences, 106
cycle duration. See duration of emotional processing cycles
Damasio, Antonio, 8, 10, 96, 104, 109, 130, 131, 185, 310–311, 312
dance therapy, 150
Darwin, Charles
basic emotions, 186
evolution of brain to generate emotional experiences, 113
facial expression, 154
role of facial muscles in emotion, 145
universal basic emotions, 107
death and loss, 25
deconstriction, 144–147. See also constriction
defense mechanisms. See also physiological dynamics
arousal/charge dynamics, 147–149
biochemical and bioelectrical dynamics, 157–158
constriction/deconstriction dynamics, 144–147
effects of physiological defenses on physiology of regulation, 167–170
electromagnetic and quantum mechanical energy dynamics, 160–161
psychological defenses against unpleasant emotions, 228–233
stress, regulation, and dysregulation dynamics, 158–160
undoing physiological defenses against emotions, 170–173
working with innate defenses against unpleasant emotions, 226–228
working with psychological defenses against emotions, 234–235
deflection, 232
denial, 229
dentist visits, 173
depression, relationship breakups, 77–78, 213
depth of body expansion, 41
borderline emotional states case study, 41–45
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
Descartes’ Error: Emotion, Reason, and the Human Brain (Damasio), 130
details of situations, 218–219
The Developing Mind (Siegel), 293
development of emotional embodiment work, 4–11
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual definition of trauma, 58
dimensional approach to emotions, 189–190, 190, 198
displacement, 229
Anita—sleeps with lights on, 60
distrust, 42
DMT, 157
brain’s generation of emotion on its own, 112–113
Dossey, Larry, 291
dread, 69
gestures, 154
interpersonal resonance, 289
duration of emotional processing cycles, 41
borderline emotional states case study, 41–45
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
dynamic systems perspective of enactive emotion, 310–311
dysregulation
physiology of pleasant and unpleasant emotional experiences, 164
stress, regulation, and dysregulation dynamics, 158–160
Eastern psychology, 24, 314–324
gross layer/gross body, 314–316, 318–323
meridians and chi, 316
subtle layer/subtle body, 315–316, 318–324
eating disorders, 130
EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), 316–319, 321–323
Ekman, Paul, 98, 113, 145, 310–311
basic emotions, 186
electrocardiograms and electroencephalograms, 287
electrocution, Connie—electrocution and migraines, 27–34
electromagnetic and quantum mechanical energy dynamics, 160–161
electromagnetic energy flow, 165
embodied emotional attunement, 284
embodying emotion, 1–3, 203–204
beneficial outcomes, 21
development of emotional embodiment work, 4–11
order of four steps of emotional embodiment, 281–282
positive developments from, 267–271
process. See steps of emotional embodiment
Embodying Experience: Forming a Personal Life (Keleman), 153
emotion (the emotion, second step of emotional embodiment), 221–238
providing support for emotions, 221–226
psychological defenses against unpleasant emotions, 228–233
simple self-inquiry for self-help, 235–236
working with innate defenses against unpleasant emotions, 226–228
working with psychological defenses against emotions, 234–235
Emotion Annotation and Representation Language, 187, 329–330
emotional attunement, 284
emotional capacity, impact of lack of, 127–128
emotional coregulator, 305
emotional embodiment work
cognitive and behavioral outcomes, 75–81
emotional outcomes, 74–75, 77–81
increasing affect tolerance, 172
use with different therapy modalities, 73–74
variations in. See variations in emotional embodiment work
emotional experience, 96
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), 316–319, 321–323
emotional granularity, 75
emotional outcomes, 74–75, 77–81
emotional support from others, 176–177
emotions, 1–2. See also triad of cognition, emotion, and behavior
attitude towards, 177
basic emotions approach, 186–189, 188, 192–197
basic emotions approach vs. constructionist approach, 191–192
borderline emotional states case study, 41–45
broader definition of, 185–186
conscious vs. unconscious, 96
constructionist approach, 190–191
dimensional emotions approach, 189–190, 190, 198
vs. feelings, 96
generation of emotion vs. experience of emotion, 308–312
“good feelings” and “bad feelings”, 29, 42, 88, 192–193, 198–199, 237
intensity of. See intensity of emotion
level of. See level of emotion
Parrott’s framework of emotions, 195–197
physiology of. See physiology of emotion
Plutchik’s wheel of emotions model, 188
primary emotions, 28–29. See also sensorimotor emotions
resolving emotional difficulty, 1–2
sensorimotor emotions. See sensorimotor emotions
enactive emotion approach, 34, 118, 310–311
end-of-session integration, 276–277
energy
bioenergy fields and interpersonal resonance, 286–289, 287
chi, 316
improvement in collective resources, 270–271
improvement in energetic regulation, 267–268
levels, 26
Energy Medicine in Therapeutics and Human Performance (Oschman), 286
Energy Medicine: The Scientific Basis (Oschman), 286
energy psychology, 173, 313–314, 317, 319, 324. See also Eastern psychology
first principle, 243
second principle, 243
subtle layer/subtle body and gross layer/gross body, 314–316, 318–324
viewpoint of expanding emotional experiences, 173–174
entangled subatomic particles, 290
environment, role in cognition, 118–119
expansion (the expansion, third step of emotional embodiment), 239–240
area to area expansion, 240, 246–247, 262–263
chest, abdominal, and pelvic areas, 256–259
reminding person of the situation, 262
division of brain and body physiology, 240–241
expansion across layers of brain and body physiology, 261–262
intention, 242
simple tools for expansion, 241
extracellular flow, 165
extreme emotional states, managing, 274–276
face, self-touch strategies, 252–256
Faces in a Cloud: Intersubjectivity in Personality Theory (Atwood and Stolorow), 4
vs. visceral affect system, 202
facial expression, 154–155, 217
expansion strategies, 254
facial muscles, 128
constriction/deconstriction, 145
families
asthma due to stress of separation from mothers, 169
embodied emotional attunement, 284
family secrets, 214
intergenerational collective traumas, 67
intergenerational traumas, 64–67
mothers and children, 284, 286
variability of emotional experiences, 106
family constellation therapy, 67
fasciae
bioenergy fields, 288
managing extreme emotional states, 275
Anita—sleeps with lights on, 60–64
failing to live up to one’s father’s expectations, 106, 108
of being killed, 69
relationship breakups, 78
tsunami survivor, 36–37, 40, 44, 262
The Feeling Brain: The Biology and Psychology of Emotions (Johnston and Olson), 96
feelings vs. emotions, 96
Feelings: The Perception of the Self (Baird), 98
“fight or flight” response, 98
Fisher, Helen, 158
projection hypothesis and information transfer hypothesis, 313
“freeze” response, 98
children, 169
pleasure principle, 47, 138, 226
fright death, 137
psychophysiological functions, 152–156
Gendlin, Eugene, 8
generation of emotion vs. experience of emotion, 308–312
projection hypothesis and information transfer hypothesis, 312–313
genocide, intergenerational collective trauma, 68. See also Holocaust survivors
gestalt therapy
deflection, 232
“good feelings” and “bad feelings”, 29, 42, 88, 192–193, 198–199, 237
granularity, 75
grief
self-touch strategies, 249–250
tsunami survivors, 262
gross layer/gross body, 314–316, 318–319, 321–323
CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy), 323
guilt, 210
head, self-touch strategies, 252–256
heart
bioenergy fields, 287
heart rate, 152
heart attack
broken heart, 83
extreme dysregulation, 167
terror, 137
heartbreak. See also breakups
heart attacks, 83
processing, 170
Hellinger, Bert, 67
hindered cognition due to hindered body, 125–127
hips, self-touch strategies, 247–249
Holocaust survivors, 298–299, 300–301
Holotropic Breathwork, 151
homeostasis, 98
How Emotions Are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain (Barrett), 105
HRV (heart rate variability), 152
Hufendiek, Rebekka, 9
Human-Machine Interaction Network on Emotion (HUMAINE), 187, 329–330
hyperconstriction and hypoconstriction, 142, 145–146
imaginal psychotherapy, 154
impulse purchases, 122
Indian Ocean tsunami survivors, 18, 36–37, 40, 44, 261, 262, 323
individuation, 84
information transfer hypothesis, 312–313
innate defenses against unpleasant emotions, working with, 226–228
Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP), 4, 10, 35, 45, 59
aim of, 86
between-session integration, 278
primary clinical strategy, 86, 87
professional training, 206, 240, 259, 291
use with different therapy modalities, 73–74
Integral Somatic Psychotherapy (ISP), 318
end of a cycle, 273
managing extreme emotional states, 274–276
order of four steps of emotional embodiment, 281–282
positive developments from embodying emotion, 267–271
seven-step protocol for embodying emotion, 279–280
shortening or ending cycles, 273–274
uses of, 266
intellectualization, 230
intensity of emotion, 35–41, 178, 218
borderline emotional states case study, 41–45
details of situations, 218
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
intention, and expansion, 242
intergenerational traumas, 64–67
collective traumas, 67
family constellation therapy, 67
interoception, 28, 110–112, 313
interpersonal resonance, 31, 38, 83, 283–286
dreams, 289
intention, 294
learning and resonance, 303
mothers and babies, 286
mutually regulating systems, 293–294
scientific basis of, 286–289, 287
telepathic telephone calls, 289
using resonance to sense, interpret, and regulate emotional experiences, 294–297
vicarious traumatization, 302–303
interstitial flow, 165
intersubjective psychoanalysis, 24
irregular heartbeat, tsunami survivor, 36–37, 40, 44, 262
ISP. See Integral Somatic Psychology; Integral Somatic Psychotherapy
Israel, intergenerational collective trauma, 71
James, William, 96
Johnson, Marc, 8
joints
affect tolerance, 308
archetypes, 304
interpersonal resonance, 294
spiritual growth, 84
Keleman, Stanley, 153
Keltner, Dacher, 186
Klein, Melanie, 9
Kleinian psychoanalysis, 65–67
Kohut, Heinz, 9
Lange, Carl, 96
language
communication of emotional states, 107–108
role of, in construction of emotional experiences, 105
Lazarus, Richard and Bernice, 186
learning
alphabet, 119
resonance, 303
legs, self-touch strategies, 247–250
level of body expansion, formation of psychophysiological symptoms, 51–55, 177–181, 178
level of emotion, 35–41, 178, 218
borderline emotional states case study, 41–45
details of situations, 218
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
Levine, Peter, 6
limbic brain (amygdala), 131
bilateral dysfunction of, 158
generation of emotional experiences, 131
rapid information processing, 193–194
limitations of emotional embodiment, 86–89
local expansion, 240. See also expansion
low arousal, 22
lymphatic flow, 165
medication, excess stress and dysregulation, 63
meditation, breathing, 151
meridian system of Eastern psychology, 316, 321
methods vs. theories, 323
migraines, 20
Connie—electrocution and migraines, 27–34
expansion strategies, 264
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
mirror (concordant) countertransference, 292
mirror neurons, 107
misuse of integration, 278–279
modeling, 225
molecules of emotion, 115
The Molecules of Emotions (Pert), 115, 186
mothers
asthma due to stress of separation from mothers, 169
embodied attunement, 223
interpersonal resonance, 284, 286
mother–child bonding, 119
movement therapy, 150
muscles
body psychotherapy focus on muscular system, 146
constriction. See constriction
constriction/deconstriction dynamics, 144–147
facial muscles/expression, 128, 154–155
head, face, and neck expansion strategies, 252–256
importance of body in cognition, 122–125
involvement in biological functions, 151
psychomotor movement, and learning, 121
mutually regulating systems, resonance, 293–294
The Nature of Emotion: Fundamental Questions (edited by Fox, et al.), 96
Nazi Germany
Holocaust survivors, 298–299, 300–301
intergenerational collective traumas, 67–70
neck, self-touch strategies, 252–256
neo-Reichian therapies, 5
nervous system
autonomic nervous system, 155, 241, 253–254
involvement in large number of biological functions, 151
parasympathetic nervous system, 137–138, 148
relationship with voluntary muscular system, 146, 150
somatic nervous system, 97, 241
Netherlands shopping experiment, 122–123
neuroconstructionists, 190
neuroscience, 24
recent research on body and emotional experience, 100–102
brain’s generation of emotion on its own, 112–113
New Age psychology, 317
Niedenthal, Paula, 9, 128, 149
norepinephrine, 158
One Mind: How Our Individual Mind Is Part of a Larger Consciousness and Why It Matters (Dossey), 291
opposites, tolerating, 85
order of four steps of emotional embodiment, 281–282
Oschman, James, 286
osteopaths
torso work, 257
outcomes
cognitive and behavioral, 75–81
oxytocin, 158
panic attacks. See also anxiety
Petra—the voice and panic attacks, 18–26
self-touch strategies, 252
Panksepp, Jaap, 114
parasympathetic nervous system
charge, 148
parents. See also mothers
embodied emotional attunement, 284
intergenerational collective traumas, 67
intergenerational traumas, 64–67
pelvic area, self-touch strategies, 256–259
pelvic diaphragm, self-touch strategies, 258
Perls, Fritz, 9
Pert, Candace, 8, 10, 115, 186, 310, 312
Petra—the voice and panic attacks, 18–26
phobias, Steven—flying phobia, 55–56
physics
quantum physics, 84, 289–290, 313–314, 315
physiological defenses, 3, 5, 10, 19, 52, 54, 94. See also physiological dynamics
breathing muscles, 45
cognition and behavior, 76
undoing, 25
physiological dynamics, 135–139
biochemical and bioelectrical, 157–158
constriction/deconstriction, 144–147
defense mechanisms as coping strategy, 139–143
definition of, 143
electromagnetic and quantum mechanical energy, 160–161
interdependence of dynamics, 149
stress, regulation, and dysregulation, 158–160
physiological regulation, improvement in, 267–268
physiology
division into areas for expansion, 240–241
expansion. See expansion
brain gathers information from body, 102–103
brain generates emotions from body experience, 103–104
brain’s generation of emotion on its own, 112–114
communication of emotional states, 107–108
emotions are constructed from body experience, 104–105
exchanging information on emotions through resonance, 108–109
lack of conscious experience of emotions throughout brain and body, 94–95
molecules of emotion, 115
psychoneuroimmunology, 114
recent neuroscience research on body and emotional experience, 100–102
role of language in construction of emotional experiences, 105
science of role of body in emotional experience, 109–112
variability of emotional experiences, 106
physiology of pleasant and unpleasant emotional experiences, 164
physiology of regulation and dysregulation, 164–170
effects of physiological defenses, 167–170
energy psychology’s view of expanding emotional experiences, 173–174
undoing physiological defenses, 170–173
pleasure principle, 47, 138, 226
Plutchik, Robert, 188
Plutchik’s wheel of emotions model, 188–189, 188
The Polarity Process (Sills), 319
Polarity Therapy, 9, 173, 320–322
polyvagal theory
facial muscles, 155
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 6
heart rate variability (HRV), 152
Postural Integration, 5
prayer, 24
primary dissociation, 233
primary emotions, 28–29. See also basic emotions approach; sensorimotor emotions
projection, 229
projection hypothesis, 312–313
projective identification, 65–67
psychological constructionists, 190
psychological defenses, 52, 54, 94, 228–233
psychology
energy psychology, 243, 313–314, 317, 319, 324
New Age psychology, 317
quantum psychology, 313–314, 317
Western psychology, 315
psychomotor movement, and learning, 121–122
psychomotor therapy, 150
psychoneuroimmunology, 114
psychopharmacology, excess stress and dysregulation, 63
Psychophysiologic Disorder Association, 81
psychophysiological, usage of term, 38
psychophysiological functions, 152–156
psychophysiological symptoms, 21, 24
formation of, 51–55, 177–181, 178
psychosomatic symptoms, 21. See also psychophysiological symptoms
PTSD (posttraumatic stress disorder), 6
heart rate variability (HRV), 152
quantum energies, 173–174, 260
quantum energy flow, 165
quantum entanglement, 83, 289, 313
quantum mechanical energy dynamics, 160–161
quantum mechanics, 161
quantum physics, 84, 289–290, 313–314
body layer of subatomic particles, 315
quantum psychology, 313–314, 317
quantum tunneling, 290
rationalization, 230
reaction formation, 230
Rebirthing Therapy, breathing patterns, 151
redistributing sadness, 26
regression, 232
regulation
improvement in physiological and energetic regulation, 267–268
interpersonal resonance, 294–296
mutually regulating systems, 293–294
physiology of pleasant and unpleasant emotional experiences, 164
stress, regulation, and dysregulation dynamics, 158–160
using resonance to sense, interpret, and regulate emotional experiences, 294–297
physiological dynamics, 136
postural analysis, 153
breaking down constricted muscles, 145
breathing patterns, 151
role of voluntary muscular system, 145
relationships
behavioral defenses, 169
breakups, 46–47, 77–78, 167, 210, 213, 217
domestic violence, 211
relaxation protocols, 151
repression, 229
resonance, 31, 108–109. See also interpersonal resonance
learning and, 303
mutually regulating systems, 293–294
using resonance to sense, interpret, and regulate emotional experiences, 294–297
vicarious traumatization, 302–303
retraumatization, 3
Rogers, Carl, 9
Russia, openness to alternative medicine, 318–319
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
sadness
expansion strategies, 255
generation vs. experience of emotion, 312
physiological defenses, 25
redistributing, 26
relationship breakups, 77–78. See also breakups
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
science of embodied cognition, emotion, and behavior, 34, 36, 55, 117–118, 134
availability of body for cognition, 125–127
brain physiology, 127
cognitive and behavioral outcomes, 75
effect of embodying emotion on cognition, 128–129
impact of lack of emotional capacity, 127–128
role of body and environment in cognition, 118–119
role of body in cognition, 122–125
role of body in learning, 119–122
simultaneity and sequentiality, 132–133
scientific literature, lack of statements on how emotions are experienced in the body, 311
SE (Somatic Experiencing), 6–7, 58
secondary dissociation, 233
self-help, simple self-inquiry, 235–236
self-tapping, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and TFT (Thought Field Therapy), 316, 321
self-touch (expansion), 243–244
chest, abdominal, and pelvic areas, 256–259
sensorimotor emotions, 8, 28–29, 42, 88, 107–108, 197–201, 237
regulation, 32
starting at level of sensorimotor emotions, 217
stress and dysregulation, 59
stress, regulation, and dysregulation, 159
sequentiality and simultaneity of cognition, emotion, and behavior, 132–133
brain’s generation of emotion on its own, 112–113
seven-step protocol for embodying emotion, 279–280
sexual abuse
Anita—sleeps with lights on, 60–64
dissociation, 233
sexuality
physiological defenses, 137
working with details of situations, 219
Shea, Michael, 6
Sheldrake, Rupert, 289
shoulder diaphragm, self-touch strategies, 257–258
Sidoli, Mara, 304
Sills, Franklyn, 319
simultaneity and sequentiality of cognition, emotion, and behavior, 132–133
connecting current situations with past situations, 213–216
continuing to remind person of the situation, 262
depression, 213
domestic violence, 211
embodying emotions first, 217–218
guilt, 210
overcoming difficulty in locating situations to work with, 216–217
past vs. present emotions, 210–211
starting at level of sensorimotor emotions, 217
sticking to one situation, 209–210
transference reactions, 212
unearthing situations that link to client’s suffering, 213
working with details of situations, 218–219
Slattery, Dennis, 154
slavery, intergenerational collective trauma, 68
sleep position, 56
Smith, Tiffany Watt, 187, 325–328
social constructionists, 190
Somatic Experiencing (SE), 6–7, 58
somatic nervous system
expansion, 241
James-Lange theory, 97
steps of emotional embodiment, 205–207
Stolorow, Robert, 9
stress
psychophysiological symptoms, 21
situation, 217
stress, regulation, and dysregulation dynamics, 158–160
sublimation, 230
subtle layer/subtle body, 315–316, 318–319, 321–324
wireless anatomy of man map, 320
suppression, 229
symptom threshold, 19, 51–53, 72
formation of psychophysiological symptoms, 51–55, 177–181, 178
systematic desensitization, 151
Tamil Nadu tsunami survivors, 36–37, 40, 44, 261, 262, 323
tapping, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) and TFT (Thought Field Therapy), 316, 321
telepathic telephone calls, 289
of being annihilated, 69
parasympathetic nervous system, 137–138
relationship breakups, 78
tertiary dissociation, 233
TFT (Thought Field Therapy), 316–317, 319, 321–323
The Book of Human Emotions (Smith), 187, 325–328
theories vs. methods, 323
theory of constructed emotion, 190–191, 210, 311
therapists, 5
embodying your emotions, 205–206
emotional engagement of clients, 184–185
need for other therapists, 206
Thompson, Evan, 9
Thought Field Therapy (TFT), 316–317, 319, 321–323
tolerating opposites, 85
torso, self-touch strategies, 256–259
touch
self-touch (expansion). See self-touch (expansion)
tracking body sensations, 28
microsensations, 159
transcranial magnetic stimulation, 158, 161
transference
countertransference and resonance, 291–293
transference cure, 21
transference reactions, 212
transformation of emotional experiences, 2–3
Anita—sleeps with lights on, 60–64
birth trauma, 4
children vs. adults, 169
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), 317, 319
intergenerational collective, 67
posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), 6
stress and dysregulation, 59, 63–64
vicarious traumatization, 302–303
violent domestic abuse, 126–127
treatment examples. See case studies
triad of cognition, emotion, and behavior, 34, 36, 55, 117–118, 134
availability of body for cognition, 125–127
brain physiology, 127
cognitive and behavioral outcomes, 75
effect of embodying emotion on cognition, 128–129
enactive emotion approach, 310–311
impact of lack of emotional capacity, 127–128
role of body and environment in cognition, 118–119
role of body in cognition, 122–125
role of body in learning, 119–122
simultaneity and sequentiality, 132–133
hypoconstriction or flaccidity, 145
tsunami survivors, 18, 36–37, 40, 44, 261, 262, 323
unconscious emotion, 96
valence, 147, 189, 191–193, 198–199, 311
van der Kolk, Bessel, 58
variations in emotional embodiment work, 35–41
borderline emotional states, 41–45
depth and width of body expansion, 41
duration of emotional processing cycles, 41
emotion level and intensity, 35–41
formation of psychophysiological symptoms, 51–55
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
vasopressin, 158
vicarious traumatization, 302–303
viscera
expansion, 256–257, 259, 261–262
involvement in large number of biological functions, 151
relationship with voluntary muscular system, 146, 150
visceral affect system vs. facial affect system, 202
vocal expression, 42, 155–156, 217
expansion strategies, 254
voices, Petra—the voice and panic attacks, 18–26
vulnerability, resistance to, 47
Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma (Levine), 6
Western psychology, 315
wheel of emotions, 188–189, 188
width of body expansion, 41
borderline emotional states case study, 41–45
Sabine—crying and migraines, 47–51
Sally—sadness and asthma, 45–47
World War II
Holocaust survivors, 298–299, 300–301
intergenerational collective traumas, 67–70
intergenerational traumas, 66–67
The Wounded Body: Remembering the Marking of Flesh (Slattery), 154
yoga, 5
breathing, 151