This approach integrates gestalt therapy with attention to bodily sensations and their interaction with the mind, which play a key role in the therapeutic process.

Here are some of the most important therapeutic positions in this approach:

1. The position of witness and presence:

The therapist actively uses their own bodily and emotional awareness in order to be fully present with the client.

This helps to model and to hold a space for the client where they can feel and express their emotions and bodily sensations without fear or shame.

2. The position of response:

The therapist uses their own sensations, thoughts and emotions as an instrument of reflection and feedback.

This may include naming the physical reactions or emotional responses that arise during the session, which helps the client understand their own experience better.

3. The position of empathy:

The therapist creates an empathic space where the client can feel understood and accepted.

Empathy in the bodymind approach often includes bodily resonance, that is, the therapist’s ability to sense and reflect the client’s bodily states.

4. The position of acknowledgement and support:

It is important that the therapist supports and acknowledges the client’s efforts and experience, so that the client can feel safe and motivated for further self-exploration.

5. The position of experimenter:

The therapist encourages the client towards new ways of thinking or behaving through experiments, which may include body movements or exercises in becoming aware of the body’s reactions.

6. The position of integration:

The therapist helps the client integrate different aspects of their experience — bodily, emotional, cognitive — in order to build a more whole picture of themselves.

These positions require a high level of awareness from the therapist (bodily awareness included) and flexibility, in order to adapt to the client’s needs at different moments of the therapeutic process.