California-based counseling psychologist Nadine Macaluso is the author of Persephone and Delphina: Treating Women’s Depression Through Myth and Archetypal Stories. Nadine Macaluso attended Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California, before beginning doctoral coursework on depth psychology with a focus on somatic psychology. 

The field of somatic psychology has grown tremendously in recent years. Somatic psychology can be categorized as a body-oriented approach to therapy. Originally conceived of through the works of Pierre Janet and Wilhelm Reich, somatic psychotherapy is considered to be an energy- and character-driven type of therapy.

The overarching philosophy in somatic psychotherapy makes no distinction between body and mind. Instead, somatic psychology places an emphasis upon the all-important connection between an individual’s physical health and mental well-being. Certain practitioners of somatic psychotherapy extend this belief even further, asserting that all personal experiences, global events, and changes in the cultural and external atmosphere are related to one another.



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