Somatic Psychotherapy And The Ambiguous Face Of Research i

The relationship between somatic psychotherapy, science, and research are explored, especially as they relate to Hakomi Therapy as one modality within the bodyinclusive therapeutic community. It outlines how a training institute, as a provider of psycho-somatic therapy trainings, functions as both a consumer and generator of research. Issues explored include how somatic therapists have pioneered aspects of psychotherapy in advance of corroborating research findings; how findings are engaged critically in light of clinical experience; and how findings beyond psychotherapy in cognate fields such as neuroscience, developmental studies, multicultural, and spiritual arenas are necessarily integrated into an adequate research agenda. “Science” in this context refers to principles from the sciences of complex adaptive systems (CAS) and the philosophy of science of what it means to be human. “Research” refers to experimental methods for confirming or questioning scientific/clinical assertions