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Fostering Authenticity: Character Analytic and Somatic Interventions in Contemporary Orgone (Reichian) Therapy 

Friday, February 10th, 2023

Presented at Existential-Humanistic Northwest Lunch and Learn.  

The influence of Wilhelm Reich on Fritz Perls and the Development of Gestalt Therapy

Sunday, May 1, 2022

Presented at the Institute for Orgonomic Science clinical meeting

"We are very cleaver organsims". An interview in the "Free to Respond" Podcast hosted by Brandon Houston.

April, 2021

Moving toward Athenticity:  The intersection of orgonomy and humanistic psychology.

Saturday, May 23, 2015  

Seattle, WA

Presented as part of the workshop entitled "Special Topics in Orgonomy:  Further Conversations with Dr. Harry Lewis and accompanied by Mitch Singer, MA.  Presentation includes comments by Dr. Lewis (sitting on my left in the video) and questions/comments from participants. 

Somatic Psychology: Its Origins and Development: An introduction to the development and practice of somatic psychotherapy 

Saturday, April 28, 2011

Workshop presentations: 

I. Dr. Daniel Schiff: “Contemporary somatic psychology – an overview of the field.” 

Daniel Schiff, PhD, is a psychologist and orgone therapist in private practice in Portland, Oregon, and an adjunct faculty member at Lewis and Clark College where he teaches somatic psychology.

II. Dr. Philip Bennett: "The beginnings of Reich's functional somatic – psychological approach to psychotherapy." 

Philip Bennett, PhD, is a retired university professor, currently working on a book on Reich’s social and political thought.

III. Dr. Harry Lewis: "The development of orgone therapy: the American period." 

Harry Lewis, EdD, is an orgone therapist in private practice and the co-director of The Institute for the Study of the Work of Wilhelm Reich. He has been a member of the faculty at the New School for Social Research for the past twenty-six years.

IV. Dr. Harry Lewis: "Attachment theory and its influence on somatic psychology."

V. Dr. Daniel Schiff: "Contemporary somatic psychology and orgone therapy; where worlds intersect, where worlds collide."

IV. Dr. Eric Weitzner: "Wilhelm Reich's legacy and contemporary psychotherapy"

Eric Weitzner, MD, psychiatrist in private practice, former Director of Resident Training @ in Psychiatry @ SUNY Downstate, and a member of The New York Psychoanalytic Institute will participate as respondent to the lectures. 

V. Panel Discussion: "Everything you wanted to know about Orgone Therapy and can finally ask."

Sponsored by: The Institute for the Study of the Work of Wilhelm Reich.  www.wilhelmreich.net 

Orgone Therapy: Past, Present and Future

Saturday, December 5, 2009

Workshop presentations:

I. Dr. Philip W. Bennett: "From the memoir, Growing Up with Wilhelm Reich: reflections on therapy with Dr. Sobey."

Philip Bennett, PhD, is a semi-retired college professor, currently teaching in the Graduate School of Education at Fairfield University, in Connecticut. 

II. Dr. Harry Lewis: “The development of Orgone Therapy – an historical account” & “An overview of Orgone practice: with case vignettes.”

Harry Lewis, EdD, is an orgone therapist in private practice and the co-director of The Institute for the Study of the Work of Wilhelm Reich.  He has been a member of the faculty at the New School for Social Research for the past twenty-five years.

 III. Dr. Daniel Schiff: “The theory and practice of Orgone Therapy” & “Orgone therapy – portrait of a therapy session.”       

Daniel Schiff, PhD is a psychologist in private practice in Portland, Oregon, & co-director (with Dr. Lewis) of The Institute for the Study of The Work of Wilhelm Reich.

IV. Dr. Eric Weitzner: "Wilhelm Reich's legacy and contemporary psychotherapy"

Eric Weitzner, MD was trained as a psychiatrist, orgone therapist and psychoanalyst, and is currently practicing in New York City.

V. Panel Discussion: "Everything you wanted to know about Orgone Therapy and can finally ask."

Sponsored by:  The Institute for the Study of the Work of Wilhelm Reich.  www.wilhelmreich.net

Wilhelm Reich and Orgonomy:  Past, Present, and Future Perspectives 

Saturday, April 28. 2007

I. Kevin Hinchey. “The Struggle to Preserve and Advance the Work of Wilhelm Reich.”

II. Harry Lewis, M.A., M.S.W., ED.D. “The Development of Orgone Therapy – an Historical account.”

III. Daniel Schiff, Ph.D. “Key Concepts in the Contemporary practice of Orgone Therapy.”

IV. Harry Lewis, Ed.D. and Daniel Schiff, Ph.D. “Wilhelm Reich’s Scientific Discoveries: An Overview.”

V. Hugh Brenner. "The Work of Wilhelm Reich in the 21st Century."

V1. Philip Bennett, Ph.D. “The Concept of Work-Democracy in the Writings of Wilhelm Reich – An Overview.”  

Sponsored by:  The Institute for the Study of the Work of Wilhelm Reich.  www.wilhelmreich.net

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