"What the body remembers has been encoded and stored within the central nervous system's vast internal filing system. And often it is only when these bodily data have been summoned forth and integrated with an understanding of the milieu in which certain destructive patterns of being have emerged that something new can happen."   Maggie Scarf

Pesso Boyden Systems Psychomotor, or PBSP, is a mind/body psychospiritual process which tends to our body's energy and midwifes the true self into existence.  This method assists us in detoxifying the body's memories by accessing what the body already knows at a sensory level and the mind has forgotten. Each client's true scene is uniquely choreographed. This includes witnessing emotional responses, naming beliefs as well as naming internal negative voices, and creating new, supplemental memories that are more positive, enriching and healing.

This system of emotional reprocessing is a powerful  way for our  body to consciously engage memory and emotional energy that has been stored  either as hyperarousal or "numbing out" patterns.   Those longstanding responses to stressful situations are what impact negatively on our physical and psychospiritual well being.

OUTCOMES of PBSP

INTEGRATES THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
New possibilities open up for us once we both name and begin to structure the true scene of an old conflict, while at the same time experiencing all the feelings surrounding that conflict. By experiencing thoughts and feelings that are in sync, we feel more positive and connected to what is really true for us.

INCREASES CAPACITY TO DIRECT ONE'S LIFE
The structuring process gets us in touch emotionally with our his/herstory while still maintaining our observing ego (vs. a regressive state). Through microtracking facial expressions and emotional and bodily responses, each person comes to a greater consciousness of all that is happening in their mind and body.  As the memories come to consciousness and are named through a witnessing process, our inner director is engaged and strengthened. Because of Psychomotor's emphasis on symbolic bodily satisfaction, clients come away with increased capacity for pleasure and mastery in their own lives.

ADDRESSES OLD SOURCES OF PAIN
Psychomotor Therapy makes it possible to work through feelings from old hurts, losses, deprivations and abuses -- feelings which we tend to push away or bury because they seem to have no solution. By tracking our energy and exploring symbolic accommodation (role-playing), we find a solution.

MEETS UNMET NEEDS IN NEW WAYS
Many of us live with painful memories which stem from not having had the nurture, support, protection and loving limits needed at particular moments in our lives. This process makes it possible to experience what it could feel like to have had some of those needs met.

"I've experienced 5 hours of therapy in this one session."   (client's comment)


This is a brief summary of a profound healing process. For a fuller explanation of PBSP and the Structure Process,  go to Maggie Scarf's book, "Secrets, Lies, Betrayals: How the Body Holds the Secrets of a Life, and How to Unlock Them."