Influences and Approaches
My work has been strongly influenced by the following distinguished practitioners who believe in the ‘discovery of patterns of happiness’..
- Alfred Adler was one of the first to apply mental health to the school environment, promoting women’s rights, education, social reform as social responsibility, beginning the trend of holistic inclusion. To do justice to the individuality of human beings he named his approach, Individual Psychology.
- Milton Erickson approached the central nervous system through respectful language and concentrated listening, while Moshe Feldenkrais suggested choices through simple yet sophisticated patterns of movement.
The central nervous system is designed to operate as a quiet unnoticed system within us. Sometimes it comes to our awareness only when we are out of balance, such as when we have cold hands, cold feet, restless sleeping, trauma, or what we generally term as anxiety. This system listens and works continuously on our behalf to recalibrate – and sometimes needs neurological diplomacy.
- Alfred Adler (February 7, 1870 – May 28, 1937)http://www.alfredadler-ny.org
- Milton Erickson (December 5, 1901 – March 25, 1980)http://www.erickson-foundation.org
- Moshe Feldenkrais (May 6, 1904 – July 1, 1984)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moshe_Feldenkrais
- Anat Banielhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CNVw4ZISLMs
- Jane Parson-Feinhttp://www.pfti.org
- Queen’s Universityhttp://biomotionlab.ca