The self-healing forest: Between self-regulation and dyadic regulation

Throughout the history of body psychotherapy, self-regulation in general and somatic self-regulation in particular were a central concept. This study examines the development of theoretical, clinical and applicatory aspects of self-and dyadic regulation through academic, clinical and personal accounts. It explores the presuppositions behind self-regulation and proposes that dyadic regulation, which is based on intersubjectivity, has both regressive and generative aspects. Thus, this study links psychoanalytic thinking with systemic theory and contemporary body psychotherapeutic principles. This study is based on a talk given in the 13th EABP conference in Cambridge.