Feeling more in balance and grounded in one's own body and life. Focus group interviews on experiences with Basic Body Awareness Therapy in psychiatric healthcare

Advances in Physiotherapy

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 166-174

  Johnsen, Ragnhild Wikene ^a   Råheim, Målfrid ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Basic Body Awareness Therapy; Body experiences; Group processes; Psychiatry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BASIC BODY AWARENESS THERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PATIENT ATTITUDE; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SELF CONCEPT; SUPPORT GROUP;

EID: 77955966366     PISSN: 14038196     EISSN: 16511948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14038196.2010.501383     Document Type: Article

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