Psychophysiological Changes in Feeling Therapy

Autor: Woldenberg, Lee, Karle, Werner, Gold, Stephen, Corriere, Richard, Hart, Joseph, Hopper, Michael
Zdroj: Psychological Reports; December 1976, Vol. 39 Issue: Supplement 3 p1059-1062, 4p
Abstrakt: In an attempt to identify the physiological effects of an intense psychotherapy, for 19 new patients entering Feeling Therapy pulse, rectal temperature, and blood pressure were recorded immediately before and after 13 individual therapy sessions. 18 college students acted as controls and were similarly measured before and after 13 mock therapy sessions in which therapeutic activities were simulated. The therapy group showed significant reductions in all parameters following sessions. No significant physiological change was found in the control group's measures. The results indicate that the therapeutic process of Feeling Therapy, matched expression of feeling, may effect at least a temporary reduction in physiological tension. Previously, abreactive releases have been shown to have a similar effect.
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