Articles
Our faculty have written articles on a variety of topics.
Addiction
Loosening the Grip of Addiction: A Mindful Recovery by Julie Murphy, R.A.C., M.F.T. Cand., Certified Hakomi Trainer –From The Therapist – California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists (CAMFT) Journal, Sept./Oct. 2011
Attachment
Hakomi and Attachment – PowerPoint presentation(PDF) by Maci Daye, L.P.C., Certified Hakomi Trainer (2011)
Couples
Working Experientially and Somatically with Couples, Rob Fisher, M.F.T., Certified Hakomi Trainer
Family Therapy
Mindfulness-Based Family Therapy (pdf) by Shai Lavie, M.F.T., Certified Hakomi Trainer
The Hakomi Method
About Hakomi Therapy, Ron Kurtz
About the Method, Ron Kurtz
Buddhist Influences on Psychotherapy, Jim Lehrman
Chapter on Hakomi in “Encyclopedia of Theory In Counseling and Psychotherapy”, Gregory Johanson, Ph.D.
Chapter 15, “Body Centered Counseling and Psychotherapy in “Counseling and Psychotherapy” 4th edition, Donna Roy, LPC, CHT
Dancing with the Unconscious: An Approach Freud Never Dreamed Of, (pdf) Rob Fisher, M.F.T., Certified Hakomi Teacher
Hakomi: Mindful Self-Observation, Nina Cherry
In Search of a Lost Self: Reclaiming Our Missing Experiences by Shai Lavie, M.F.T., Certified Hakomi Trainer
Overview of the Method, Cedar Barstow, M.Ed., Certified Hakomi Trainer
Psychotherapy, Science & Spirit: Nonlinear Systems, Hakomi Therapy, and the Tao, (pdf) (from the Journal of Spirituality and Mental Health, Vol 11, Number 3, July-September, 2009), Gregory Johanson, Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer, Hakomi Institute Co-Founder
Mindfulness
Mindfulness in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy by Rob Fisher, M.F.T., Certified Hakomi Trainer – From “The Therapist” CAMFT Journal (California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists), September 2011
Mindfulness and Renowned Research, Halko Weiss, Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer, Hakomi Institute Co-Founder
Nonlinear Science, Mindfulness and the Body in Humanistic Psychotherapy (pdf) (from The Humanistic Psychologist #37, 2009), Greg Johanson, Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer, Hakomi Institute Co-Founder
Radar (pdf), Richard A. Heckler, Ph.D
The Use of Mindfulness in Psychotherapy (pdf) – an APA Publication, Gregory Johanson, Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer, Hakomi Institute Co-Founder
Neuroscience
Held Experience: Using Mindfulness in Psychotherapy to Facilitate Deeper Psychological Repair – first published in the International Journal of Body Psychotherapy, 2015, Shai Lavie
Parts
Loving the Parts We Tend to Push Away, 2025, Shai Lavie
Research
Listening to the Body: Three Pragmatic Case Studies of Body-Centered Psychotherapy—A Three Page Abstract (pdf) by Amelia Kaplan, Psy.M. with Laurie Schwartz, M.S., L.M.H.C., Certified Hakomi Teacher. Winner of the 2005 U.S. Association of Body Psychotherapists Research Award.
Listening to the Body: Three Pragmatic Case Studies of Body-Centered Psychotherapy—Dissertation (pdf) by Amelia Kaplan, Psy.M. 2006.
A Descriptive Study on the Differences Between Body Psychotherapists and Traditional Counselors – Full Dissertation, Stephanie L. Rauch, Ph.D
A Descriptive Study on the Differences Between Body Psychotherapists and Traditional Counselors – RESULTS, Stephanie L. Rauch, Ph.D
Spirituality
Buddhist Influences on Psychotherapy, Jim Lehrman
Psychotherapy, Science & Spirit: Nonlinear Systems, Hakomi Therapy, and the Tao, (pdf) (from the Journal of Spirituality and Mental Health, Vol 11, Number 3, July-September, 2009), Gregory Johanson, Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer, Hakomi Institute Co-Founder
Trauma
“Taking Over” Technique with Veteran Trauma Work. (pdf) (A shorter version of this article entitled “Creative Struggle” was published in Somatic Psychotherapy Today: The USABP Magazine, September 2011, Volume 1, Number 2, pp. 37-38.) Gregory Johanson, Ph.D., Certified Hakomi Trainer, Hakomi Institute Co-Founder
“Trauma States, Mindfulness and the Body”(pdf) Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MFT
Chapter 9, “The Role Of Trauma In Community Health:A Somatic Perspective,” in “The Praeger Handbook of Community Mental Health Practice”
Manuela Mischke-Reeds, MFT
Other
Hakomi Code of Ethics (pdf)
Bibliography on Mindfulness and Psychotherapy (pdf)
