“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 clients with a compressed structure. They are inwardly trying to achieve the attitudes or actions suggested… — 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
