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

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