In this groundbreaking text, which has quickly become a classic in the field, James Kepner takes us beyond working “on the body,” to an exploration of body process itself: how we embody and carry our experiences physically and energetically, and how this embodiment colors and often limits future experience. For a decade now psychotherapists of all schools have found this text the essential hands-on guide to understanding this crucial dimension of their clients’ lives, process, and healing.

James I Kepner Ph.D, is co-founder and chair of the advanced training program Working with Physical Process at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland. A pioneer in clinical work with the embodiment of experience, he teaches this work widely around the world. Kepner’s own clinical grounding is supplemented by training in a wide range of healing arts. He is also the author of Healing Tasks; Psychotherapy with Adult Survivors of Childhood Abuse.