How You Think and Feel Changes Your Body: Dynamic Body Psychology

IntriguingThe author has been in a unique position with a long-standing career as a mental health professional as well as a massage therapist. In these coinciding roles, he was able to study, firsthand, the effects that trauma and mental illness can have on the physical body. His findings are fascinating and organized well within these pages. I even had some realizations about the consequences of my own mental health.

The Wishing Shelf Book AwardsEDITORIAL REVEW4th September 2024TITLE: How You Think and Feel Changes Your Body: Dynamic Body PsychologyAUTHOR: Douglas Peterson, Ph.D.Star Rating: 5 ‘A compelling and often thought-provoking analysis of how life can impact the body. Highly recommended!’ The Wishing Shelf REVIEWBeing a health professional, I jumped at the chance of reading this book for the Wishing Shelf. I was, I have to say, a little sceptical at first. When studying medicine, we focus on many thi

How You Think and Feel Changes Your Body is an eye-opening look into how our emotional and psychological patterns literally take shape within our bodies. Douglas Peterson does an exceptional job of breaking down complex ideas into clear, accessible insights, showing how posture, tension, and physical habits can reveal long-held feelings, beliefs, and unresolved experiences.What makes this book stand out is its practical clarity. Peterson not only illustrates how the body reflects our internal wo