(Some of these links will have appeared on other PR threads.)
Pathways2Wellbeing
http://www.pathways2wellbeing.com/
Pathways2Wellbeing is a spin-off company from the University of Hertfordshire.
Prof Helen Payne (
Profile ) seeks to "embed"
pathways2wellbeing into primary care and drag ME, CFS, IBS, FM kicking and screaming to her ‘The BodyMind Approach’ (TBMA®) therapy sessions.
She's targeting the Netherlands, too:
Here's a flyer for prospective facilitators to deliver the ‘The BodyMind Approach’ (TBMA®) -
"derived from authentic movement, dance movement, psychotherapy, experiential learning methods, mindfulness practices and group analysis":
PDF Flyer:
http://t.co/Ky4whyCIYh
A taster from the Netherlands flyer:
She's hawking it in Slovenia, too:
http://www.napovednik.com/dogodek390285_ples_kot_terapija_pogovor_s_prof_dr_helen_payne
There's a training overview here for group facilitators:
http://www.pathways2wellbeing.com/v6 overview.pdf
She also does this stuff at intensive retreats:
http://admp.org.uk/2016/06/
"UKCP accredited psychotherapist; MBACP; ADMP UK Snr. Reg. movement psychotherapist. Helen is one of the leading international experts in the field of Body/Movement Psychotherapy.
"...Authentic Movement (AM) will be the method used during this intensive. Pioneered by Mary Starks Whitehouse in California, AM enables a direct connection to the depths of our unconscious, accessing the rich resources of our intuitive wisdom expressed through the embodied word, image, sensation and relationship as well as through natural, rejuvenating movement. Founded on Jung’s concept of the active imagination and the collective unconscious, authentic movement also derives from dance movement therapy, play therapy, groupwork and spiritual practice where symbolic meaning is seen in physical expression. As practised with Helen it has a safe, self-directed, non-judgemental and empathic framework. Participants learn to dwell more easily in their bodies, and to engage creatively with a direct experience of the self beyond words and concepts. It can assist in developing body awareness, body-mind-spirit connections and kinetic meditation where mindfulness is crucial to practice. The roles of witness and mover are explored in dyadic, triadic and group formations with the four phase process. The retreat will provide ritual, witnessing and movement experiences, silence, verbal and symbolic reflective processes, as well as small teaching seminars. Due to the environment we will explore participatory consciousness which can emerge through engaging in authentic movement in relationship with all aspects of the sentient world. Be inspired in a setting with wildlife up close, beautiful landscapes, places to explore, good food and friendly faces. Studio sessions will be interspersed with reflection time in silence, opportunities to experience nature and artwork periods. Seminars will address questions arising from your explorations in studio time as well as those relevant to your professional practice..."
For those who haven't already seen it, here is Prof Helen Payne hawking her BodyMind Approach’ (TBMA®) stuff at a presentation. The video is 8 minutes long:
2:35mins:
"This is why the GPs like it..."
''...so they just keep going back to the GP, every day - every single day, these patients go back..."
Every single day? Really?
At one point, she stumbles over the term "Bodily stress syndrome". I have pointed out to her that ICD-11 has not yet approved the Goldberg group's proposals for the Primary Care version of ICD-11 and that there are two work groups making recommendations for the revision of the somatoform disorders.
Prof Payne has another presentation, here:
Hard-to-control Unexplainable Medical Symptoms: Wellbeing for Body and Mind’ - Professor Helen Payne
This one is 54 mins long and I have not yet listened to it. But I'm told that at 8.44 in from the start, a slide lists "Chronic Fatigue" and "ME".
There's a PowerPoint presentation here:
http://www.eoescn.nhs.uk/index.php/download_file/force/2008/261/
Complementing IAPT for people with medically unexplained symptoms (MUS) unable to access services
Professor Helen Payne, University of Hertfordshire Susan Brooks,
Pathways2wellbeing east of England IAPT conference 1 July 2015
copyright pathways2wellbeing IAPT and MUS
A short YouTube advert, here:
Pathways2Wellbeing Manor Pharmacy
7 Aug 2015
A paper published here (only the Abstract available):
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0197455615300435
The Arts in Psychotherapy
Volume 47, February 2016, Pages 55–65
Clinical outcomes from The BodyMind Approach™ in the treatment of patients with medically unexplained symptoms in primary health care in England: Practice-based evidence
Helen Payne, MPhil, PhD, UKCP Reg. Psychotherapist, ADMP UK, AVRa
Susan D.M. Brooks, BSc, MA, MA, MBAb
A manuscript which can be downloaded in full, here:
http://researchprofiles.herts.ac.uk...eaks_its_Mind_2015_The_Arts_in_Psychother.pdf
Accepted Manuscript
Title: The Body speaks its Mind: The BodyMind Approach® for Patients with Medically Unexplained Symptoms in Primary Care in England
Author: Helen Payne
PII: S0197-4556(14)00136-1
DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1016/j.aip.2014.12.011
Reference: AIP 1302