- Alexander Lowen
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website = http://www.bioenergetic-therapy.com
footnotes =Dr. Alexander Lowen (born
December 23 1910 ) is an American psychotherapist. A student ofWilhelm Reich 's in the 1940s and early 1950s inNew York , he developed the mind-bodypsychotherapy , a form ofbody psychotherapy known asBioenergetic Analysis with his then-colleague, John Pierrakos. Lowen is also the founder and former executive director of the [http://www.bioenergetic-therapy.com/ International Institute for Bioenergetic Analysis] in New York City.Born in
New York City , Lowen received a bachelor's degree in science and business fromCity College of New York and anLLB fromBrooklyn Law School . His interest in the link between the mind and the body developed during this time, and he enrolled in a class on character analysis with Wilhelm Reich. After training to be atherapist himself, Lowen moved to Switzerland to attend theUniversity of Geneva , which awarded him an M.D. in June, 1951.Lowen lived and practiced for the majority of his life in New Canaan,
Connecticut . He suffered a stroke in July 2006.In April 2007, [http://www.lowenfoundation.org "The Alexander Lowen Foundation"] was founded to continue Dr. Lowen's legacy.
Bibliography
*"The Language of the Body" (1958)
*"Love and Orgasm" (1965)
*"The Betrayal of the Body" (1967)
*"Pleasure" (1970)
*"Bioenergetics" (1976)
*"Depression and the Body: The Biological Basis of Faith and Reality" (1977)
*"The Way to Vibrant Health: A Manual of Bioenergetic Exercises", co-author Leslie Lowen (1977)
*"Fear of Life" (1980)
*"Narcissism" (1984)
*"Love, Sex and Your Heart" (1988)
*"The Spirituality of the Body" (1990)
*"Joy" (1995)
* [http://www.bioenergeticspress.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=2 "Honoring the Body: The Autobiography of Alexander Lowen, M.D."] (2004)
*"The Voice of the Body" (2005)See also
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Esalen Institute External links
# [http://www.bioenergeticspress.com Bioenergetics Press] , republishing many of Lowen's books
# [http://www.bioenergetics-society.com The Florida Society for Bioenergetic Analysis] , republishing many of Lowen's books
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