Ruella Frank
Ruella Frank brings many years of experience to her work as a gestalt psychotherapist: professional dancer/choreographer, yoga practitioner, student of various movement theories, and student of Laura Perls, co-founder of gestalt therapy. Founder and director of the Center for Somatic Studies, Dr. Frank is faculty at the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy, asjunct faculty at Gestalt Institute of Toronto. She teaches throughout the United States, Europe, Eurasia, Mexico, South America, and Canada. She has written articles and book chapters, authored Body of Awareness: A Somatic and Developmental Approach to Psychotherapy, co-authored The First Year and the Rest of Your Life: Movement, Development and Psychotherapeutic Change.
Body of awareness: A somatic and developmental approach to psychotherapy
Explores the formation of infant movement experience and its influence upon the later adult. It shows how the organizing principles in early development are functionally equivalent to those of the... (more)
The First Year and the Rest of Your Life: Movement, Development, and Psychotherapeutic Change
The movement repertoire that develops in the first year of life is a language in itself and conveys desires, intentions, and emotions. This early life in motion serves as the roots of ongoing... (more)
The Bodily Roots of Experience in Psychotherapy: Moving Self
This book explores the significance of movement processes as they shape one’s experience through life. It provides a comprehensive, practical understanding of how we lose the wonder and curiosity we... (more)