BACKGROUND TO PESSO BOYDEN SYSTEM PSYCHOMOTOR

Albert Pesso and Diane Boyden-Pesso have been developing the Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor therapy (PBSP) since 1961. Their mind-body approach derives in part from their experience as dance-teachers and choreographers as well as from comprehensive knowledge of working psycho-dynamically. During their work with professional dancers they discovered that the inability to perform certain expressive movements was often related to repressed historical emotional events. The development of therapeutic exercises to support professional dancers to manage these emotions more consciously was the start of a new form of psychotherapy.

The method has been elaborated upon in the treatment of psychiatric patients in the Mclean Hospital and the Veterans Administration Hospital in Boston. Following 15 years of experience both with therapy groups for clients and workshops for professional helpers, Albert Pesso has concentrated since 1977 on training psychotherapists in the United States and in Europe. In addition to the programmes offered in eight states in the US, Albert Pesso and Lowijs Perquin MD, offer training programs in the United Kingdom, Switzerland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Norway, Denmark and the Czech Republic.

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