“This leads to a pattern in which the child cries out and either gets nothing or gets an insufficient or intermittent response. Then the child becomes exhausted and collapses, either from depleted energy or giving up to conserve a sliver… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“Movement is the province of the muscular system: a child who needs to inhibit his or her natural feelings, whether for healthy or unhealthy… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“People with a compressed structure, out of necessity, have crushed, numbed, and muffled their feelings. Not only do they need space, but it sometimes… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“People with an entertaining rigid structure are brought up in environments in which the parents are uncomfortable with expressing feelings. This is not to… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“The holding up against collapse often appears in the shoulders and upper back (Lowen, 1975). Some tensions develops there to resist the tendency to… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“This leads to a pattern in which the child cries out and either gets nothing or gets an insufficient or intermittent response. Then the… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“Although this is a reasonable use for massage, people with an achieving rigid structure must, because of their pattern, see it as the only… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“Because people with a disembodied structure often have no bodily sensation, they also cannot sense where they begin and end, which reflects being highly… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“A way to do this is to "hand back" the projection to the client. For example, if the client says, "You're making me feel… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“On the bodily level, tension resulting from introjections may settle in the throat, stomach, or gut. In terms of body language, this is related… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“Because they cannot be direct, they must attract the other person toward them without becoming vulnerable themselves. Imagine what it would be like it… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“The type of statements to avoid are indirect, open-ended suggestions, especially about feeling, and truisms or platitudes. Such statements induce a stuck feeling in… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
“Armor and character work together. Character emphasizes the form rather than the content of a person's psychological defenses. It is a person's typical way… — Elliot Greene Copy Share Image
