Level 2 Reading List

Body/Movement and Somatics

Calais-German, Blandine. Anatomy of Movement
Bainbridge Cohen. Sensing, Feeling, and Action
Dytchwald, Ken. Bodymind
Feldenkrais, Moshe. Awareness Through Movement
Feldenkrais, Moshe. Potent Self
Halprin, Anna. Moving Toward Life: Five Decades of Transformative Dance
Hanna, Thomas.  Somatics
Heckler, Richard.  The Anatomy of Change
Lowen, Alexander.  Bioenergetics
Martin, Sue. Using the Body's Wisdom to Heal Trauma: A Somatic Expressive Arts Approach (Available through Sue Martin)
Reich, Wilhelm. Collected Writings
Soto, G.H. Ideokinesis (Available through Soto).
Todd, Mabel. The Thinking Body

Body/Movement and Creativity

Halprin, Daria. The Expressive Body in Life, Art and Therapy
Kepner, James.  Body Process
Knill, Paolo: Levine, Steven & Ellen Levine. Principles & Practical Expressive Arts Therapy, Toward a Therapeutic Aesthetic
Levine, Steven and Ellen Levine (Eds.). Foundations of Expressive Arts Therapy (Essays from practitioners in the field.)
Levy, Fran. Movement/Dance Therapy as a Healing Art
Mertz, A. (ed.) The Body Can Speak:  Essays on Creative Movement Education (With articles by G.H. Soto and J. Nisenbaum, of Tamalpa Institute.)
Pallaro, Patrizia. (Ed.) Authentic Movement: Essays by Mary Starks Whitehouse, Janet Adler and Joan Chodorow
Wiener, D. Beyond Talk Therapy: Using Movement and Expressive Techniques in Clinical Practice

Body/Movement, Creativity, Performance, and Natural Environment

Abram, David. The Spell of the Sensous
Halprin, Lawrence.  The RSVP Cycles
Macy, Joanna. World as Lover, World as Self
May, Rollo. The Courage to Create
Moreno, J.L.  The Theatre of Spontaneity
Nachmanovich, Stephen. Free Play
Poyner, Helen: Libby Worth. Anna Halprin - Performance Practitioners
Roszak, Theodore, Gomes Mary E., and Kanner, Allen D.Ecopsychology: Restoring the Earth, Healing the Mind
Zapora, Ruth. Action Theatre

Psychology/Therapy

Arnheim, Rudolf. The Psychology of Art
Assagioli, Roberto. Psychosynthesis
Brown, Molly. The Unfolding Self:  Psychosynthesis and Counseling
Campbell, Joseph. The Power of Myth
Chodorow, Joan. Jung on Active Imagination
Corsini, Raymond. Current Psychotherapies (General introduction to schools of psychology and psychotherapy).
Hillman, J. Blue Fire
Hillman, J. Healing Fictions
Hillman, J. Re-visioning Psychology
Johanson, Greg and Kurtz, Ron. Grace Unfolding
Jung, Carl G. Two Essays in Analytical Psychology
Krippner, Stanley.  Personal Mythology:  The Psychology of Your Evolving Self
Kurtz, Ron. Body Centered Psychotherapy/The Hakomi Method ** (new school integrating Gestalt, somatics and spiritual principles; useful, practical articulation of theory which you might find similar to our school - D).
Maslow, Abraham. Toward a Psychology of Being (leader in the development of Humanistic Psychology. A kind of classic - D).
May, Rollo and Schneider, Kirk. The Psychology of Existence  (an integrative clinical perspective with philosophical overviews - D).
McNiff, Shaun. Art as Medicine
Miller, Alice. The Drama of the Gifted Child
Mindell, Arnold.  Dream  Body
Nathan, A. and Mirviss, S.  Therapy Techniques:  Using the Creative Arts
Perls, Fritz. The Gestalt Approach and Eye Witness to Therapy
Perls, Frederick S., Ralph F. Hefferline, and Paul Goodman. Gestalt Therapy: Excitement and Growth in the Human Personality

Theses, Dissertations & books by L2 Grads/Halprin Practitioners
(available at the Tamalpa Office)

Jahner, Georgina. Embodying Change: The Transformative Power of Expressive Arts and Ritual.
Frey, Thea. Soul's Dance
Nisenbaum, Jaime. The Halprin Life/Art Process: An Embodied Philosophy.
Otter, Ken. My Search for a Living Myth.


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