Articles:
3 Series of Body Psychotherapy Articles
More Body Psychotherapy Articles
Psychotherapy & Counselling Articles
Transpersonal & Spiritual Psychotherapy Articles
Technical Papers
Other Articles & Writings

PUBLISHED & UNPUBLISHED ARTICLES

I have written a large number of chapters, articles and papers, nearly all of which have been published; though some are still in the process of being published; a few are unpublished; some are also being revised & updated, and some are available only on the Internet. These writings are on a number of various topics associated with Body-Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy & Counselling, Transpersonal Psychotherapy & Spiritual Crises, Technical Papers; and also the development of the independent profession of psychotherapy; as well as some other related 'stuff'.
Referencing: Most of these articles are available for people to download and read only as an Adobe Acrobat PDF file. If you want to reference the article, then the very small numbers, in red, like (30), refer to the publishing details, which are all given in the box at the bottom of the page.
These articles and papers may be quoted from and referenced according to usual publishing conventions (APA rules). However, please do not distribute these downloads: they are not freebies! 
These articles may not be: (a) re-published; (b) sent to other people; (c) extensively quoted from; (d) multiple-copied; or (e) used in any other way ... without the author's (my) specific permission (often forthcoming, but I would still like to be asked, as some versions are also copyrighted by the relevant journal, as well). 

Anyway, I hope you will enjoy reading some of my 'stuff'!
 

THREE SERIES OF BODY-PSYCHOTHERAPY ARTICLES:

A SERIES ON THE HISTORY OF BODY-PSYCHOTHERAPY
1.    150 Years On: The History, Significance & Scope of Body-Psychotherapy Today (1)  Download as a PDF file : (1a)  Earlier version
2.    The History and Development of Body-Psychotherapy: Part 2: The American Legacy of Wilhelm Reich (2)  Download as a PDF file
3.    The History and Development of Body-Psychotherapy: Part 3: European Diversity (3) Download as a PDF file
4.    The History and Development of Body-Psychotherapy: Part 4: European Collaboration (4)  Download as a PDF file
5a.  The History and Development of Body-Psychotherapy: Part 5: 'Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?'(5)  Download as a PDF file
5b. "Shadows of Body Psychotherapy": A later version of the above article, (much improved) with Gill Westland. Download as a PDF file 
                                                                     as a published article: (49) Part 1  and (56) Part 2.  Also in Hungarian: Download as a PDF file 
6.   The History and Development of Body-Psychotherapy: Part 6: Who, What and Where We Are Now (6) In process of completion: draft copy here

A SERIES ON THE SCIENCE OF BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY
1.    The Science of Body Psychotherapy Today: Part 1: A Background History (7)  Download as a PDF file
2.    The Science of Body Psychotherapy Today: Part 2: The Current Situation (8)  Download as a PDF file
3.    The Science of Body Psychotherapy Today: Part 3: Appropriate Science (9)  Download as a PDF file
4.    The Science of Body Psychotherapy Today: Part 4: New Science & Research (10)  Download as a PDF file
5.    (Body) Psychotherapy is a Craft, not a Science! (11)  Download as a PDF file

A SERIES ON THE PRACTICE OF BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY
1.   What is Body-Psychotherapy: A European Perspective (12)  Download as a PDF file
2.   Doing Effective Body-Psychotherapy without Touch: Part 1 (13)  Download as a PDF file: Revised article, 2010; (46) Download as a PDF file
3.   Doing Effective Body-Psychotherapy without Touch: Part 2: Embodiment (14)  Download as a PDF file
4.   Doing Effective Body-Psychotherapy without Touch: A Case Study (62)  Download as a PDF file
5.   Re-Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System: A Necessary Pre-requisite To Effective Counselling & Psychotherapy (15)  Download as a PDF file
6.   Encouraging the 'Felt Sense of Self' (16)  Download as a PDF file
7.   Dissolving Trauma (50)  Download as a PDF file

MORE BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY ARTICLES:
A Dance Across the Atlantic: a correspondence on understanding the difference between definitions and whether dance/movement therapy is a body psychotherapy with Patrizia Pallaro (17)  Download as a PDF file
The Power of Touch in Psychotherapy: (18)  Download as a PDF file
From Across the Pond - A collection of short (lite) articles for the USABP Newsletters: 2003-6 (19)  Download as a PDF file
2 Chapters, published in German in 'Handbuch der Körperpsychotherapie' [A Handbook of Body-Psychotherapy]
     Heart Feelings:  Download as a PDF file: Das Herz, seine Gefühle und Symptome: (20)  In Deutsch
     Risks in Body-Psychotherapy:  Download as a PDF file: Körperpsychotherapie und ihre Risiken: (21)  In Deutsch
On Elsa Lindenberg & Reich (Revised & extended version, Nov 2010): (22)  Download as a PDF file
Listen, Little Man! - Wilhelm Reich 100 Anniversary Conference Presentation: Belgrade, 1997 (23)  Download as a PDF file
Depression & Body Psychotherapy:  with Laura Steckler: (24)  Download as a PDF file
Re-Balancing the Autonomic Nervous System: with associated appendices: (25)  Download as a PDF file
Body-Psychotherapy in Europe: EABP & the EAP:  (26)  Download as a PDF file
About Publishing Professionally: For Trainee Psychotherapists: (27)  Download as a PDF file or here for the published article
What is your definition of Embodiment? An essay from a LinkedIn discussion: (52)  Download as a PDF file
Reflections on Gerda Geddes: (53)  Download as a PDF file
"Courtenay Young: A pillar of the Body Psychotherapy community": An Interview with Serge Prengle: Aug. 2010: (57) Download as an MP3 file: Download a transcript as a PDF file.
Confer Study Papers on "Embodied Psychotherapy" (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 1: Historical Origins of Embodied Approaches to Psychotherapy. (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 2: The Embodied Basis of Human Relationships. (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 3: Scientific Method and the Embodied Approaches in Psychotherapy. (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 4: Controversies in the Development of Embodied Approaches to Psychotherapy. (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 5: The contributions of the embodied psychotherapy movement to developments in the wider field of psychotherapy. (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 6: Significant People & Key Players in the field of the Embodied Psychotherapies. (see here)
      Confer Study Paper 7: 'Embodied Psychotherapy': A Reading List. (see here)
New The Principles of the Autogenic Therapy Technique: A physiologically-based body relaxation technique.  Download as a PDF file  New
New Creating a Better Body Psychotherapy Research Culture (with Herbert Grassmann): (66) Download as a PDF file  New
New A 2020's 'Credo' for Body Psychotherapists (68) Download as a PDF file  New
New A World Disrupted by a Microscopic Being! Commentary on these present times: Spring 2020. (69) Download as a PDF file  New
New A Proposal for a generic Training Module on BP Research designed to be implemented by Body Psychotherapy FORUM Training Schools. Download as a PDF file  New
New Wilhelm Reich's Ideas on Child-Rearing (Then & Now): Text of an on-line presentation for Wilhelm Reich Museum, Orgonon, Summer Conference 2020. Download as a PDF file New
New About the Physiology of Trauma: an amalgam of information about trauma and healing from trauma. Download as a PDF file  New
New Why War? (An article examining fundamental questions about warfare). (75) Download as a PDF file  New
New EABP - The First 35 Years: with Jill der Aa-Shand. (76) Download as a PDF file  New

RECENT BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY ARTICLES: (published in the latest issue of the International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Spring 2019: Vol. 18, No. 1):
** Towards a Greater Understanding of Science & Research Within Body Psychotherapy: Courtenay Young & Herbert Grassmann: (63)  Download as a PDF file
** About Case Studies & Body Psychotherapy Case Studies - or the Lack of Them: Conference Symposium Presentation (Berlin, 2018): (67)  Download as a PDF file
** A Survey of Body Psychotherapy Practitioners, Practice and Research Resources: Biljana Jokic, Frank Röhricht & Courtenay Young: (68)  Download as a PDF file

 BOOK REVIEWS
** Book Review: The Handbook of Body Psychotherapy & Somatic Psychology: Review by Christopher Walling & Kathrin Stauffer: (58)  Download as a PDF file
** Book Review: Body Psychotherapy Case Studies: Review by Virginia Zaharieva: (59)  Download as a PDF file
** Book Review: The 'New' Collected Papers of Biodynamic Psychology, Massage & Psychotherapy: 2022: Reviewed by Mark Ludwig. (59)  Download as a PDF file New

INTERNET ARTICLES
Internet article: About the Ethics of Professional Touch (c. 31,000 word article: a work in progress: last updated 3/06) Download as a PDF file
Internet article: A Physiological Theory of Evolution - from a Body-Psychotherapy perspective (c. 30,000 word article: a work in progress: last updated and expanded 8/10) Download as a PDF file

PSYCHOTHERAPY & COUNSELLING ARTICLES:
The Scientific 'What?' of Psychotherapy: Psychotherapy is a craft, not a science! (with Michael Heller) (71) 
The Scientific Validity of Body Psychotherapy (1999): Link to EABP website: Answers to the Questions about Scientific Validity:
EAP's Statement of Ethical Principles (2000): Available from the EAP website: Download as a PDF file
EAP Guidelines about the Rules of Procedure for All Committees and Sub-Committees (2005): Download as a PDF file
EAP Discussion document on Mainstreams & Modalities (with Heward Wilkinson): (48)  Download as a PDF file
Mainstreams, Modalities and Methods in Psychotherapy: What criteria should be used in defining these? Download as a PDF file
Lead-writer for the EAP Project to Establish the Professional Competencies of a European Psychotherapist: Details available from Project website: see here
Briefing Paper for the EAP Governing Board: A new forward strategy: Mapping the ECP into ECTS to gain EQF-7: (Feb. 2019) Download as a PDF file New
What Works in Psychotherapy & Counselling: A two-part extended article based on a presentation in 2015 at Strathclyde University. Download as a PDF file New
A Phenomenological Model in the Practice of Psychotherapy: (70)  Download as a PDF file: (also in Turkish)  Download as a PDF file
An Essay on the Emotional Plague and Its Relevance Today: Especially as applied to psychotherapy: (72)  Download as a PDF file New
The Children of the Future - Without a Future. A presentation at a World Council of Psychotherapy conference for Moscow, 2022. (73) Download as a PDF file New
How to Become a More Reflective Practitioner / Researcher: (74) Download as a PDF file New
Different Kinds of Transgenerational Trauma: Healing Old "Psychic Wounds" through Psychotherapy: Download as a PDF file New

OTHER ARTICLES & WRITINGS:
There are some self-help booklets and information written especially for counselling clients / patients in a GP practice:
Depression Booklet: Download as a PDF file
Anxiety Booklet: Download as a PDF file
Stress Booklet: Download as a PDF file
Stress for Health Professionals: A leaflet about stress prevention for health professionals. Download as a PDF file
Protocol for Anxiety & Depression: Download as a PDF file
Legitimate Needs: a development of Maslow's hierarchy of needs: Download as a PDF file
Life Event Stress Inventory: a score sheet to assess stressful life events: Download as a PDF file
Autogenic Technique, Mindfulness & Meditation: Download as a PDF file
The Principles of the Autogenic Therapy Technique for Relaxation: Download as a PDF file
"The Jigsaws of Your Life"- An exercise for the formulation of problems and moving on with your life:  Download as a PDF file
"Ten Things That You Wish You Had Known When You First Started Your Therapy Practice": Download as a PDF file New
Learning is Different from Being Taught: Teaching is actually ‘guiding’ someone towards their learning. Download as a PDF file
The Rewind Technique: A technique for reducing the effects of trauma. Download as a PDF file New
Self-Help Mental Health Reading List: 8 pages listing reasonable self-help mental health books (2016): Download as a PDF file New
Different Aspects of the 'Sense of Self': 14 different aspects of the 'Sense of Self': Download as a PDF file New

TRANSPERSONAL & SPIRITUAL PSYCHOTHERAPY:
When The World Changes - One Humanistic Perspective of Transpersonal Psychotherapy: (42) Download as a PDF file
Psychotherapy & Spirituality: What is a Spiritual Psychotherapist? (43) Download as a PDF file
Psychotherapy & Spirituality: Spiritual Emergence or a Soul Awakening? (46) Download as a PDF file
Strange Changes in Psychotherapy: The psychotherapeutic process of life changes: Spiritual Emergence or a Soul Awakening? (44)  Download as a PDF file
Spiritual Crises, Emergencies & Transformational Principles: (Extracts from 'First Contacts with People in Crisis and Spiritual Emergencies'): Download as a PDF file
When Their World Changed:  (45)  Download as a PDF file
Dealing with Trauma & Evil: (7,500 word as yet unpublished article) Download as a PDF file 
The Divided Self: A very personal account (written as a chapter for an edited book: "R.D. Laing: 50 years after 'The Divided Self'".) (47) Download as a PDF file
A Descent into the Dark: A meditational exercise (55) Download as a PDF file
Re-Envisaging Masculinity: The Struggle to Be or Become a Man: Some myths about masculine transformation (61) Download as a PDF file
New Findhorn Association (NFA)'s "Common Ground" Guidelines: Download as a PDF file

These are some other hand-outs and patient information leaflets taken from my books or workshops:
SELF-HELP HANDOUTS:
Relationship Issues: A 5-page self-help hand-out for people experiencing relationship difficulties. Download as a PDF file
The Felt Sense of Self:- A self-help, body-oriented, meditational exercise from mindfulness practice. Download as a PDF file
Working with Phobias: - A 9-page handout about self-help techniques for 'Systematic Desensitization'. Download as a PDF file
Sleep Issues: A 5-page self-help handout for people with sleep issues. Download as a PDF file
About Panic Attacks: A 3-page information sheet about Panic Attacks and How To Stop Them. Download as a PDF file
Self-Esteem Issues: A 12-page self-help handout for people with low self-esteem.  Download as a PDF file
Body-Psychotherapy Meditations: A number of body-oriented meditations to do alone, or in a group. Download as a PDF file

These short articles and bits and pieces are about growth, transformation, auras, death and other topics: (and are not all totally original to myself)
The Death Story:  Download as a PDF file
How to Pray: the Story of Mohamed: Download as a PDF file
An Exercise for Rebuilding your 'Auric Boundary': Download as a PDF file

REFERENCING INFORMATION

(1) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, Vol 1, No 1, 2006, pp. 5-20
(1a) Chapter in J. Corrigal, H. Payne & H. Wilkinson, 'About A Body: Working with the Embodied Mind in Psychotherapy' London: Karnac Books, 2006, pp. 83-94.
(2) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, Vol 3, No 1, 2008, pp. 5-18
(3) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, Vol 5, No 1, 2010, pp. 5-20
(4) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2011,  pp. 57-68
(5) Submitted for publication: Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy.
(6) Submitted for publication: Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy.
(7) US Association of Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 8, No, 2, Nov 2009, pp. 5-15
(8) US Association of Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 9, No, 1, June 2010, pp. 5-14
(9) US Association of Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 9, No, 2, Nov 2010, pp. 37-47.
(10) US Association of Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2011, pp. 5-23.
(11) Originally published in International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 2, 2000, pp. 113-131, with Michael Heller:
       revised and re-published as a chapter in an edited book, "About the Science of Body Psychotherapy" C. Young (Ed.) 2014.
(12) USABP Conference Proceedings, Tuscon, AZ, 2005, pp. 5-30. 
(13) Energy & Character: International Journal for Biosynthesis, Vol. 34, Sept 2005, pp. 50-60.
(14) Energy & Character: International Journal for Biosynthesis, Vol. 37, May 2009, pp. 36-46.
(15) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 12, No. 2. July 2008, pp. 24-35.
(16) Offered to Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy for future publication: May 2011.
(17) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, Vol. 3, No 2, 2008 pp. 125-132.
(18) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 11, No. 3. Nov 2007, pp. 15-24.
(19) Published in various USABP Newsletters: Spring 2003 - July 2006.
(20) Marlock, G. & Weiss, H. (2006). Handbuch der Körperpsychotherapie. Stuttgart: Schattauer, pp. 667-672.
(21) Marlock, G. & Weiss, H. (2006). Handbuch der Körperpsychotherapie. Stuttgart: Schattauer, pp. 625-632.
(22) Submitted to new USABP-EABP Journal on Body Psychotherapy.
(23) Wilhelm Reich: 100th Anniversary Presentation, Conference, Belgrade 1997.
(24) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 13, No. 2, July 2009, p. 32-43
(25) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 12, No. 2, July 2008, p. 24-35
(26) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 12, No. 3, Nov 2009, pp. 67-74.
(27) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 3, Dec 2010, pp. 268-276.
(28) World Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2008, pp. 150-155.
(29) Therapy Today: Journal of the BACP, Feb, 2006, Vol. 17. No. 1, pp. 18-21.
(30) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 2, July 2000, pp. 113-132.
(31) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 13, No. 2, July 2009, pp. 50-59. (Originally with Michael Heller)
(32) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 10, No. 3, Nov 2006, pp. 72-80.
(33) As yet unpublished.
(34) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 14, No. 3, Nov. 2010, pp 36-53.
(35) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 9, No. 2, July 2005, pp. 51-73.
(36) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 9, No. 3, Nov 2005, pp. 38-60.
(37) Translated and published in Russian by V. Makarov.
(38) Chapter in Dr. C. Featherstone & L. Forsyth, 'Medical Marriage' Findhorn Press, 1997.

(39) Submitted to World Journal for Psychotherapy, Vol. 4. No. 1. 2011.
(40) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 15, No. 1, Feb 2011, pp. 23-41.
(41) World Journal 'Psychotherapy', Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010,  pp. 105-113
(42) Chapter in E. Whitton, (ed.) 2003,  Humanistic Psychology, 
(43) (Revised version 2013 of) Plenary presentation at UKCP Professional Conference 2000, Warwick University.
(44) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 14, No. 1, Feb 2010, pp. 50-61.
(45) Published in 'Revelations' Journal (in French), 1997.
(46) Article revised and updated for EABP Conference, 2010.
(47) A chapter in a book on R.D. Laing, published by PCCS Books, 2012
(48) An internal document for the EWO Committee of the EAP.
(49) International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, Spring 2014, pp. 13-30.
(50) An article for Body Psychotherapy Publications: "About Trauma & Body Psychotherapy" (publication in 2013).
(51) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 18, No. 3, Nov 2014, pp. 63-82.  
(52) Article in draft format - not yet submitted for publication: a work in progress.
(53) Journal for Body, Movement & Dance in Psychotherapy, (publication in 2013).
(54) Submitted for publication - The Psychotherapist (publication in Autumn 2013).
(55) Article in draft format - not yet submitted for publication: a work in progress.
(56) International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 13, No. 2, Winter 2014, pp. 4-28.
(57) Available from Somatic Perspectives website: http://somaticperspectives.com/2010/08/young/
(58) ** New: International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 110-115.
(59) ** New: International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 116-118.
(60) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 17, No. 2, Jul 2013, pp. 40-58.
(61) As yet unpublished.
(62) As yet unpublished: probably for a BPP book on BP Case Studies. 
(63) ** New: International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 26-60.
(64) Published online on the IJP website: here.
(65) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 19, No. 2, Jul 2015, pp. 46-56. 
(66) Submitted to the International Body Psychotherapy Journal: Feb. 2019.
(67) ** New: International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 86-93.
(68) ** New: International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 2019, pp. 61-85.
(68) *** New: Submitted to the International Body Psychotherapy Journal: Dec. 2019.
(69) *** New: Submitted to the International Body Psychotherapy Journal: Dec. 2019.
(70) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 14, No. 3, Nov. 2010, pp 36-53.
(71) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 5, No. 2, July. 2000, pp 113-131.
(72) ***New: As yet unpublished.
(73) Anthology of Russian Psychotherapy & Psychology: Online Pre-conference 9th WCP 2020, Moscow, pp. 217-224. (Access here)
(74) International Journal of Psychotherapy, Vol. 24, No. 1, Mar 2019, pp. 29-40. 
(75) ***New: International Journal of  Psychotherapy, Vol 27, No 2, Summer 2023, pp. 81-98.
(76) ***New: Published by EABP, October 2023
(77) ***New: International Body Psychotherapy Journal, Vol. 21, No. 2, Winter 2023, pp. 13-22

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