2021:
All meetings on are held on Tuesdays, 4:30 – 6:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
October 12: 4:30 - 6:30 PM: An overview of Contemporary Orgone (Reichian) Therapy - Didactic
October 26: 4:30 - 6:30 PM: The Development of Classical Orgone Therapy: From Character Analysis to Vegetotherapy, to Orgone Therapy - Didactic
November 9: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Functional Antithesis of Sexuality and Anxiety / Biological Pulsation and Autonomic Function - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions focusing upon how the understanding of the antithesis of sexuality and anxiety and biological pulsation is applied in therapy sessions - Application
November 23: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Character, Character Formation, and Character Analysis: as originally laid out by Reich - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions focusing on client’s character, its formation, and therapy approach from a character analytic perspective - Application
December 7: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: The Hysterical (Passive-Feminine) and Compulsive Character Styles as originally laid out by Reich - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions illustrating Hysterical and Compulsive Character Styles - Application
2022:
All meetings on are held on Tuesdays, 4:30 – 6:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
January 4: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: The Phallic and Masochistic Character Styles as originally laid out by Reich - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions illustrating the Phallic and Masochistic Character Styles - Application
January 18: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Character Formation and Character Analysis: contemporary psychodynamic viewpoints and approaches – self psychology and intersubjectivity - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions focusing on client’s character, its formation, and therapy approach from a self-psychological and intersubjective perspective – Application
February 1: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: The Biophysical Armor: nature, development and relationship to primary and secondary drives - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions focusing upon client's biophysical armor - Application
February 15: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Orgonomic Functionalism - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions demonstrating the use of orgonomic functional thought in case conceptualization and therapeutic approach - Application
March 1: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Contact and its Disturbances: Contactlessness and Substitute Contact - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Making contact – the heart of therapy – Application/Experiential
March 15: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Forms of therapeutic contact from a contemporary orgonomic stance - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Experimenting with forms of contact – Application/Experiential
April 12: 4:30 - 6:30 PM: The segmental arrangement of the somatic (biophysical) armor. “The Expressive Language of the Living” – Didactic/Experiential
April 26: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Character structure and the segmental armor - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Case discussions focusing upon the relationship between client’s character structure and segmental armor - Application
March 29: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Detailed exploration of the biophysical segments. 1. The ocular segment - Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Clinical interventions addressing the ocular segment - characterological and biophysical technique - Application
May 10: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Detailed exploration of the biophysical segments. 2. The oral and cervical segments – Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Clinical interventions addressing the oral and cervical segments - characterological and biophysical technique - Application
May 24: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Detailed exploration of the biophysical segments. 2. The thoracic and diaphragmatic segments – Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Clinical interventions addressing the thoracic and diaphragmatic segments - characterological and biophysical technique - Application
June 7: 4:30 - 5:30 PM: Detailed exploration of the biophysical segments. 4. The abdominal and pelvic segments and Reich’s orgasm theory- Didactic
5:30 - 6:30 PM: Beginning biophysical work – observation of the somatic armor through the biophysical evaluation – Didactic/Experiential
June 21: 4:30 - 6:30 PM: Putting it all together – Key concepts in Contemporary Orgone Therapy – Didactic/Experiential