A fascinating case of a man whose internal world was dominated by a strong and powerful father. Baum takes us through the therapeutic process and body work that was necessary to free this client from the grip of the internal father. A most original description of male gender predicaments.

In this paper the traditional bioenergetic therapeutic process is compared to contemporary thinking about what constitutes effective process in therapy. The author demonstrates the need for a more relational dimension in bioenergetic therapy.

This monograph proposes that, due to several profound influences, bioenergetics has reached a point where the relationship supercedes body work. The author delves into the history of the therapeutic relationship starting with Freud and working through all the major branches of psychoanalysis through contemporary theory. The monograph makes some radical proposals regarding the modernization of Bioenergetic Analysis.

Based on a video taped research project still in process, the author demonstrates how the quality of the mother’s attunement, especially in touch and sound profoundly affects the infant and its response to the mother.

One of the most fascinating, disturbing, and primitive cases ever presented at Black Butte. The paper describes a client derailed at the earliest months of life and portrays the long and intricate process of a very deep therapy. Because of such early, non-verbal issues, the author illuminates the modification of somatic work that was necessary as well as the difficulty in reaching a level of verbal symbolization.

In this complex and thoughtful paper, the question is explored regarding the possibility of creating a sufficient holding environment if the therapist is characterologically aloof or distant. Drawing upon his own struggles with this issue and utilizing case examples, Baum explores the difficulties of creating a satisfactory therapeutic hold that is warm enough to thaw the client.

In this very personal and clear account, the difficulties involved in a body therapist seeking psychoanalytic supervision for a complex case is described. The supervisor is a well-known analyst, and the paper includes discussion from the Black Butte participants.

This paper discusses supervision with two well-known analysts, one of whom is the same as discussed in Davis’ paper. Working with a client who is extremely active in thought and symptoms, the author finds a way to synthesize the directiveness of body work with the more passive analytic stance of following the client’s process.

In this novel and difficult case, the author describes the subtle but massive hostility that confronted the therapeutic relationship. Using his counter transference reactions, the therapist brings to bear unusual pressure to break through this aggressive resistance.

The author demonstrates that for adequate self-regulation, the infant must be properly and empathically responded to by its mother. She provides two examples of infants; one who was not being held by the mother in the manner that it needed, and the other who responded better to sounds than eye contact. The paper describes how such lack of attunement can be seen in adult clients and provides some bioenergetic experiments to uncover such deficits.

Judith Bell, MA, RN, CBT, is a local trainer for the Northern California Society, and is in private practice in Menlo Park, CA. She has s special interest in the role of Dissociative disorders in abuse victims.

Barbara Davis, LCSW, CBT, IIBA faculty, is a founding member of the Austin Society for Bioenergetic Analysis, and is in private practice in Austin. She is especially known and respected for her early work in Texas for persons with AIDS.

Judy Eekhoff, PhD., is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Seattle. Her interests and background are in psycho dynamic developmental theory. She has taught psychology on the graduate level, and integrates her knowledge of the self and soma into therapy. She is a candidate at the Institute for Object Relations in Seattle.

David Finlay, PhD., CBT, IIBA faculty, formerly with the Bioenergetic Society of Northern California, has just completed his commitment as coordinating trainer for the New Zealand Bioenergetic Aotearoa Ltd. He currently resides in Brazil and trains in several bioenergetic societies.

Caron Harrang, LCSW, CBT, Local Trainer with the Puget Sound Society for Bioenergetic Analysis. She is in private practice in Seattle, focuses on psychoanalytic psychotherapy, authored papers on bioenergetics, and has been in supervision with several widely respected psychoanalysts.

Lawrence Hedges, PhD., founded the Newport Psychoanalytic Institute where he now serves as teaching and supervising analyst. He teaches at the University of California Medical School Irvine Campus, and is director of the Listening Perspectives Center in Orange, California, where he maintains a private practice. He has authored several books on psychotherapy.

Robert Jacques, MA, CBT, Local Trainer, was a founding director of the San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. He has pursued the integration of modern psychoanalytic concepts into somatic work, and is the author of numerous papers on the subject. He now resides in Tucson, AZ.

Helen Resneck, PhD., CBT, IIBA faculty, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Santa Cruz, CA. An experienced trainer, she also recently conducted a special group for the Southern California Bioenergetic Conference. She has a special interest in trauma and its effects on the body, and has authored several papers on bioenergetics.

Vincentia Schroeter, MA, CBT, Local Trainer, is past president and currently chairs the Training Committee for the San Diego Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis. She has a special interest in infants and is conducting research in sensory pathways of infant bonding. She is in private practice in Del Mar, CA.

Steven Shehorn, MA, is in private practice in Seattle. With a background in bioenergetic analysis, he now primarily practices psychoanalytic psychotherapy. In addition to his profession as a psychotherapist, he has an extensive background in Japanese martial arts.

Gayle Trenberth, PhD., CBT, is a clinical psychologist with formal training in psychoanalysis. She has developed a unique approach to working with primitive structures bioenergetically, and has been published in the book, Strategic Emotional Involvement. She conducts a private practice in Seal Beach, CA.

Deborah Wright, PhD., CBT, is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Monterey, California. She has taught psychology and Women’s Studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz. She has an interest in integrating object relations and feminist perspectives into her bioenergetic work, and is editor for the Black Butte Conference