The Quest to Bridge Body and Mind: How NeuroAffective Touch Got Its Start
An Interview with Dr. Aline LaPierre NeuroAffective Touch® founder Dr. Aline LaPierre recounts her unconventional entry into the fields of psychotherapy and bodywork, which led her to create a unique bridge between the two. As she explains in this interview, the use of psychologically attuned touch awakens the body’s healing matrix, opening the door to […]Read more
The World Health Organization Introduces Complex PTSD
A new diagnosis based on worldwide research This blog is my attempt to synthesize the research conducted by the World Health Organization that led to official acceptance of the new diagnosis of Complex PTSD. Clinicians have long battled to add developmental and relational trauma to the already accepted diagnosis of shock trauma. C-PTSD is an […]Read more
Is Bodywork Psychological?
In support of integrating talk and touch There seems to be an unspoken agreement that psychologists and psychotherapists have a higher ranking in the world of healing than do bodyworkers. As a bodyworker who has studied the art and science of touch, bodywork, and movement for over 26 years, this hierarchy seems prejudiced, and at […]Read more