In An Analysis of the Connections Between Stern and the Bioenergetic Model, Thomas Fellmann explores the deep links between Daniel Stern’s concept of vitality and the bioenergetic understanding of energy. Drawing on infant research, phenomenology, and clinical practice, the webinar examines how vitality emerges from early relational experience and how its dynamic qualities—movement, time, force, space, and intention—shape emotional life and therapeutic interaction. The presentation offers bioenergetic therapists a refined framework for perceiving, understanding, and working with subtle bodily and relational dynamics in the clinical setting. Learning Objectives
- Explain Daniel Stern’s concept of vitality and its relevance to Bioenergetic Analysis
- Identify the five dimensions of dynamic vitality: movement, time, force, space, and intention
- Compare Stern’s concept of vitality with Lowen’s model of bioenergetic energy
- Apply awareness of vitality dynamics to clinical observation, transference, and body-based interventions
About Thomas Fellmann: Thomas Fellmann is a medical doctor and specialist in psychiatry and psychotherapy in private practice since 1996; Certified Bioenergetic Therapist ; supervisor, teaching therapist and faculty member of the Swiss Bioenergetic Society; local trainer elect of the Swiss Bioenergetic Society; certified therapist for the procedure according to Otto Kernberg Transference-Focused Psychotherapy.
