Psychoanalysis and Body Psychotherapy: An Exploration of Their Relational and Embodied Common Ground

Consultant psychiatrist and body psychotherapist (member of the European Association of Body Psychotherapy); honorary professor of clinical psychiatry at the Wolfson Institute, Queen Mary University of London, UK; and honorary professor of psychiatry, St. George’s Medical School, Nicosia University, Cyprus. He is also medical director for research, innovation and medical education at East London NHS Foundation Trust. His research interests focus on body image phenomenology/embodiment and the evaluation of body-oriented psychotherapy interventions for severe mental illnesses. Other research includes creativity and art therapies, transcultural psychopathology, and community psychiatry recovery care models. He developed the international Clinical Psychology with Body Psychotherapy Certificate master’s programme- at Maltepe University, Istanbul, Turkey. ()