'We are made to be able to be happy in an imperfect world.'
Al Pesso
Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy
What is PBSP?
PBSP is a body-based method that assists people to meet essential needs that were unfulfilled in their past. This highly respectful approach helps you to access the hidden emotional processes and limiting patterns - based on experiences of the past - that continue to influence your present-day emotions, attitudes, expectations and decisions.
In a PBSP session, role-played 'ideal figures' provide the emotional interactions that were not experienced in real life.
These new experiences are created using words, imagery, thoughts, sound, touch and motor expression – in other words, through all the modes of expression that are used in making real memories and life histories. The memory of this positive experience created in the session starts to create a 'new map' giving you choices and enabling change.
Starting with PBSP
PBSP structures can be done one-to-one with the therapist or in a group. Structure groups of six to eight members normally meet once a month for a full day during which there will be three or four structures. Members of the group support each other by playing role figures; it is a profound experience even for those who do not have a structure.
If you have never done PBSP before you might like to join an introductory group. With my colleague, Francesca Matrella, I offer a six-week Wellbeing and Self-discovery Group. In a small supportive group we explore the fundamentals of PBSP. Using mindfulness and creative exercises we learn to become more self-aware by listening to our bodies and start to investigate how those basic needs may or may not have been met in our own lives.
INTRODUCTION TO PBSP
Wellbeing and
Self-discovery Group
- DEVELOP SELF-AWARENESS
Explore your thoughts, emotions and behaviours in a safe space. - SUPPORT EMOTIONAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL WELLBEING
Gain insights into how your thoughts and feelings influence each other. - ATTUNE TO YOUR BODY
Learn techniques to understand and respond to your body's signals. - MINDFULNESS EXERCISES
Help to centre your thoughts and emotions, fostering a deeper sense of presence and awareness - CREATIVE EXERCISES
Express and explore your inner experiences in innovative and enriching ways. apple - GROUP COHESION
Connect with a supportive community to share your journey of self-discovery.
Contact me to ask about a PBSP structure or to join a group
One-to-one PBSP structures can be arranged at any time.
Structure groups take place monthly at weekends.
Introductory groups run for six weeks and you are encouraged to attend all six sessions
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- Sessions last 1.5 to 2 hours and normally take place in the evening
- Contact me for dates and availability
