Hakomi

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Hakomi is a body and experience-oriented psychotherapy method . It was developed in the 1970s by Ron Kurtz (1934–2011), who integrated body psychotherapy methods developed by Wilhelm Reich and Alexander Lowen into his own method.

The word "Hakomi" comes from the language of the Hopi Indians and means "Who you are" or in the form of the question "Who are you?" It describes the core of the Hakomi method: the exploration of self-organization.

concept

The Hakomi Method combines psychotherapy and systemic theory with Eastern philosophy and body-centered techniques. Kurtz combines five principles in Hakomi: inner mindfulness , unity , non-violence , self-organization and body-mind unity .

  • According to Nyanaponika, the principle of mindfulness is “the clear, undistracted observation of what is really going on at the moment of the current experience (an external or internal) (...) without taking an evaluative position”. In contrast to the mindfulness exercise in behavior therapy according to Jon Kabat-Zinn , Hakomi applies the state of consciousness of mindfulness directly in therapeutic work and thereby deepens the current experience on the various levels of experience - physical, emotional and with all the senses. The Hakomi method has been integrating mindfulness directly into the therapeutic process since its creation in the 1970s.
  • The principle of unity is based on the interconnectedness of all things and is based on the theory of complex adaptive systems . In the practice of the Hakomi method, this is reflected in a fundamentally systemic view, both regarding the inner world of the client and the therapeutic relationship.
  • In the principle of non-violence, Kurtz also consider more subtle forms such as manipulation , suggestion , urge and confrontation as violence. Ron Kurtz has developed special techniques to work non-violently with resistance and internal barriers. He assumes that non-violence builds trust and security so that deeper access to the protected inner areas is possible. At the same time, this also makes work easier and less effort for the therapist.
  • The principle of self-organization (organicity) postulates that every living system has the ability to heal itself. In the Hakomi method, the therapist tries to follow these processes instead of orienting himself towards his own ideas and heading towards certain goals. Rather, he tries to create favorable conditions so that the mindfully observed inner world of the client itself specifies the direction in which it wants to move, in order to solve outdated limitations and to make new, expanding experiences.
  • The principle of body-mind unity emphasizes the inseparability of body and mind. Above all, levels and formative experiences that are not mentally aware can be made accessible through the body. The assumption that the human being is an organism in which all mental, emotional and physical processes are inextricably linked, plays a fundamental role in all body psychotherapy methods and is learned from recent neurobiological research results e.g. B. Supported by Antonio R. Damasio and L. Cozolino.

Legal status of the method in Germany

Hakomi, like body psychotherapy as a whole, is not a recognized procedure in the German psychotherapy guidelines and cannot be billed to a health insurance company .

literature

  • Halko Weiss, Greg Johanson, Lorena Monda (eds.): Hakomi - Mindfulness-Centered Body Psychotherapy. Theory and practice. Velcro-Cotta, 2019
  • Michael E. Harrer, Halko Weiss Factors in Mindfulness . Schattauer, 2016
  • U. Anderssen-Reuster (Ed.): Mindfulness in Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics . Schattauer, 2007
  • Greg Johanson and Ron Kurtz: Gentle Strength. Healing in the spirit of the Tao te king . Kösel, 1993
  • Ron Kurtz, Hector Prestera: Messages from the Body. Bodyreading: An Illustrated Guide . Kösel, 1979
  • Ron Kurtz: Body Centered Psychotherapy. The Hakomi method . Synthesis, 1985
  • Ron Kurtz: Hakomi. A body-oriented psychotherapy . Kösel, 1994
  • Gustl Marlock and Halko Weiss (eds.): Handbook of body psychotherapy . Hogrefe Publishing House, 2006
  • DJ Siegel: The Mindful Brain . WW Norton, 2007
  • Halko Weiss: The Awakening of the Centaur. Why the body should not be missing in a consciousness-oriented psychotherapy . Lecture 2006 in Bad Kissingen, download from the Hakomi homepage / literature (web links)
  • Halko Weiss, Michael E. Harrer, Thomas Dietz: The Mindfulness Book . Velcro-Cotta, 2010
  • Halko Weiss, Michael E. Harrer: Mindfulness in Psychotherapy. Change by 'not wanting to change' - a paradigm shift? . In: Psychotherapeutenjournal 1/2010, pp. 15–24
  • Pat Ogden: Trauma and the Body . 2007
  • Th. Dietz: Even in the lead . 2008

swell

  1. ↑ Nyanaponika: "Mind training through mindfulness." Beyerlein & Schulte. 5th edition 2000, p. 26
  2. ↑ Mitchell Waldrop: "Islands in Chaos". Rowohlt Reinbek. 1993
  3. ↑ Antonio R. Damasio : I feel, therefore I am. The decryption of consciousness , Munich: List 2000, ISBN 3548601642
  4. ^ L. Cozolino: The Neuroscience of Psychotherapy. Building and rebuilding the human brain . WW Norton, New York 2002.

Web links

Wiktionary: Hakomi  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations