Index for: The Psychotherapy of The Deepest Self
(Known on the Web as Help Me - I'm Tired of Feeling Bad)


Prepared by:
Leonard S. Rosenbaum, email: leonardleonard@compuserve.com

A
abandonment, in infancy, 39
abreaction See re-living of past experiences acting out, 152
ambivalent feelings, 81-82
anxiety, 127, 128
See also terror Assagioli, Roberto, 13
attention, misdirected device of, 99 awareness See Satori

B
barrier, paradox of intent, 147; solution to, 148
behavior, unusual, 83-84
beliefs See also self-beliefs safety of false, 109-10
Berne, Eric, 13
bioenergetics, 22
blaming others, 103, 108-10
body experience, impact of insights on, 21; intensification of, 29-30
body necessity(ies), 31-36, 38
body position, experiencing of, 28-29, 92; moving, 92; non-moving, 92
body sensations, 20-22, 79, 88, 142, 149; symbolic meanings, 21, 22; verbal associations to, 21
body states, diffuse inner, 80, 88, 89
bonding with therapist, 41
brain, response to pain, 77-78 See also defence(s); search to complete what is unfinished, 31-36; way of alerting us to its distress, 79-85, 129
Buddhism, 49-52, 94, 144, 145, 163

C
catharsis See re-living of past experiences central nervous system (CNS), 15
child neglect, 17
children, ways adults can hurt, 16
client-centered orientation, 42, 47, 51
cognitions See beliefs; self-beliefs confusion, 110
congruence, 23, 28-30, 90, 160-61; of articulate sound, 26-28; of body position, 92, 150-51
conscious-unconscious, 30; of feeling, 24-25, 90; of inarticulate sound, 25-26, 90-92; search for, 31-36; therapist-client, 51-52
connection, emotional, 103 See also congruence; Holistic Insight; merging containment, 38, 43, 60, 61
conversation, as defending against feeling, 26, 27
couch, 19-20
countertransference, 61-62 See also therapist(s), pleasure in regressive therapy
criticism, 108-9

D
defence system, 15
defence(s), 39, 77-78, 81-82, 97 See also resistance; specific defences; avoiding negative self-beliefs, 112-23; confusion, 110; extreme terror, 104, 126-28; forgetfulness, 100; invisibility and not knowing, 98, 99; misdirected attention, 99; of not being allowed to, 102-4; of not wanting to, 100-102; of other temptations, 105-10; shape-changing and symptom travel, 123-25; silliness barrier, 111-12; techniques for penetrating, 27-29, 129-30; "magic time carpet," 134-36, 140, 143; "staying with," 131-34; "time pebbles," 137-40
defensiveness, 49
denial, 112-13, 120
depth therapy See therapy disloyalty, problem of, 103
displacement, 24
dissociation, 33
dream interpretation, 165-68
dreams, 83

E
ego strength, 63 See also containment empathic congruence of therapist, 51-54
empathic failures, 16
enlightenment See Satori enrichment, 94
ethics, 113, 157
experiencing vs. symbolizing, 163
experiential intensity, problem of, 85-86
experiential therapy. See therapy

F
false self, 17, 135, 155
feel, permission to, 23
feeling(s), 65; about present events, 24 vs. blaming, 103 See also blaming others; entering deeply and staying inside, 24-25; oppositional pairings of; simple benign vs. complex malignant, 81-82, 102; as signs of distress, 80-81 therapeutic belief in, 59
Focusing Network, 74
forgetfulness, spell of, 100
forgiveness, 144
free association, 19, 20, 31

G
Gestalt formation, 31, 33
groups, 74

H
holding, 42, 48, 151 See also therapeutic nurture; touching; desire for and healing power of, 38; full body, 13-14; during last 15 minutes of session, 48; provocative, 38-39, 42, 151; readiness for, 64; regression and, 48 See also therapeutic nurture holding environment, 55
Holistic Insight, 71-72, 92-94, 112, 120, 123, 135, 141, 148, 150, 151, 161; stages of, 141-46
homosexual feelings, 61-62, 99
humility, 148
hurtful delights, 108-9, 152

I
image sequences, 83, 88, 165-68
images, 83, 165-66
immaculate processes and functions of the mind, 70-72, 148, 156; activating, 131-45
insight, 54, 147 See also Holistic Insight; connected/grounded, 21
insights; attained while re-living past experiences, 32-33
intellectual knowledge, letting-go of, 151
intellectualization, 19, 21, 96, 105-7, 160, 161
intensification, 94
intent; barrier paradox of, 147-48; purity of, 145, 149-52
introjection, of therapist as parental substitute, 41
introjects, expelling, 35
intrusiveness, 16
invisibility, device of, 98, 99

J
Janov, Arthur, 13, 14

L
language See phrases; sound, articulate; words "Lie," The, 113, 155
listening, resonant, 53-54
Lowen, Alexander, 13, 22

M
"magic time carpet," 134-36, 140, 143
manipulation, 147
massage therapy, 73; deep pressure, 22
meaning vs. pleasure, 46-47
merging, 160; beginning the process of, 89-90; deepening the process of, 90-92; results of, 93-94
mind/body axis, as searching for congruence, 33
Moreno, Jacob, 12
mourning, 85-86

N
negative self-beliefs, avoiding, 112-23
neutrality, beyond, 54
no-mindedness, 50, 52, 53
nurture-sexual shunt, 40

O
object intrusion, 16
object loss, 16, 39
openness, 144, 147
"out-of-body" experiences, 33

P
pain, 85-86 See also containment; becoming one with our See merging; feeling vs. acting out, 152; reason for immersing ourselves in our, 85
Parent Effectiveness Training, 16
parents, blaming, 103
patients; qualities required in, 60, 73, 75; silent, 34
Perls, Fritz, 12
phrases; asking patient to repeat, 27; use of simple, 27-28
plateauing, 94
pleasure(s) See also under therapist(s); of the appetites, 107-8; of hurtful delights, 108-9, 152
"positive thinking," 117
present events, powerful feelings about, 24
primalling, places for, 159-60 See also therapy setting psychoanalytic treatment, 19-20
psychopathology, 16-17 See also brain, way of alerting us to its distress; defence(s); specific disorders
psychosis, 128; fear of, 87
psychosomatic illness, 29-30, 84
Purity of Intent. See under intent

Q
quest, 159

R
reflective therapy, 52-54
regression, holding and, 48
regressive therapy, 9 See also re-living of past experiences; therapy re-living of past experiences, 23, 25, 29, 32-34, 54, 70, 134 See also triggers; addiction to, 30; case material, 32-33; holistic, 136; insights attained while, 32-33; recalling vs. 31; resistance to, 13; reversal of dissociation while, 33
remembering unconscious material, drive toward, 31; converted into a push toward "doing," 31
reparenting, 40, 41, 54-55
repressed, return of the, 120
repressed memories, 36
repression, 23, 70-71 See also defence(s)
resistance, 95-96, 138 See also defence(s)
resonance, 53-54
Rogers, Carl, 12
Rolf, Ida, 13, 22
Rolfing, 22

S
Satori, 52, 94, 144-45, 148, 159, 163
screaming See sound self; deeper/deepest, 113; sea of the, 89-92; false, 17, 135, 155; feeling experience of the, 21
self-beliefs, avoiding negative, 112-23
self-disclosure, therapist, 56-58
self-enhancement, textural, 93, 142
self-esteem, 93, 113
self-forgiveness, 144
self-hatred See self-beliefs, avoiding negative
self-help groups, 74
self-therapy See therapy, without therapist sexual abuse, childhood, 36, 43
"sexual halo" within the therapeutic experience, 47
sexual touching See touching, sexual
sexuality, 43
sharing, 56-58
silent patients, 34
skin hunger and skin contact, 37-41 See also touching smell, sense of; in human growth, 41-42
sound; articulate, 26-28; articulate, congruence of, 26-28; congruence with feeling, 25-28; encouraging patients to make, 26; inarticulate, 25-26
speech See phrases; sound, articulate splits in the self, 155
"staying with," 131-34
stress management and growth, 69-71
Sudden Illumination See Satori suicide, 118
symbolizing See also dream interpretation; vs. experiencing, 163
symptoms See brain, way of alerting us to its distres

T
talking See also words; as defending against feeling, 26, 27
temporal contextual shift See "magic time carpet"; reverse See "time pebbles" terror; device of extreme, 104, 126-28; neutralized by touching, 40, 41
therapeutic guidelines, 159-61 See also specific topics
therapeutic intensity, levels of, 19-22
therapeutic nurture, direct, 37-43 See also holding; touching
therapeutic work, purities of, 149-52
therapist(s); bonding with, 41; empathic congruence, 51-54; honesty and self-disclosure, 56-58; necessary qualities of, 59, 73; nurtured by patient, 46; pleasure in regressive therapy, 45-48 See also touching, sexual; voyeuristic, 45; rationality/clarity vs. "contamination"/defensiveness in, 49-52, 54, 59; sexual arousal, 47
therapy; cautions, 62-63, 73-74, 159-61; central paradox of, 12, 48, 59, 89, 95, 112, 114, 116-18, 131; indications and readiness for, 63, 75; "lying down," 19-20, 63; risks for therapists and patients, 61-63; "sitting up," 19; swimming in the sea of regressive, 87-88; without therapist or supervision, 155-57; dangers of, 10, 74, 88; guidelines regarding, 159-61; limitations, 155
therapy setting, 24, 159-60
thoughts, 83
"time pebbles," 137-40
touching, 40, 55-56, 151 See also body experience, intensification of; holding; therapeutic nurture; feeding with direct, 38; full frontal embrace, 38; at the location of pain, 29, 30; as pacifying, 55; patient-initiated, 34, 35, 56; premature use of, 42; producing congruence, 32; readiness for, 64; and re-living trauma, 38-39, 42, 43 See also holding, provocative; sexual, 35-36, 43; patients requesting, 43, 47; and therapist pleasure, 46, 47; as too dangerous, 9, 47; sexual arousal during, neutralizing, 40; suckling at therapist's breast, 34-36; terror neutralized by, 40, 41
trauma, 16, 39, 7071 See also re-living of past experiences; terror triggers, 24, 25, 27 See also body position, experiencing of; holding, provocative; touching, and re-living trauma twelve-step groups See self-help groups

U
unconscious material, summoning, 24

V
Vereshack, Paul; personal therapy, 18; professional experience, 18; sexual misconduct charges, 8, 13; training, 18, 68; use of sexual touch, 9 views on sexual touch, 9, 47
vulnerability, healthy, 144

W
words See also phrases; talking; immediately converting feelings and body experiences into, 21, 24, 31; use of short and simple, 27-28
worldliness vs. inwardness, 153-54

Z
Zen Buddhism, 49-52, 94, 144, 145, 163
Zen Koan, 145


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