{"id":2820,"date":"2023-01-18T15:21:03","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T14:21:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/?page_id=2820"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:40:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T13:40:13","slug":"method","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/method\/","title":{"rendered":"Method"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Integrative Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, also known as IBP<\/strong><\/h2>

IBP offers a way of understanding one\u2019s personality in terms of their body and the body\u2019s energy system. It differs from other approaches to psychotherapy in that it combines personality and character analysis with somatic (body-based) techniques which allow us to identify and release chronic muscle tension\u2014a necessary step to overcoming feelings, behaviors, and attitudes that are stopping us from living a fulfilled life. Body-oriented psychotherapy recognizes the intelligence and ability of the body to heal itself and it encourages this process. In my work, I use the IRD method – Integrative Developmental Dynamics, developed by CIR \u2013 the Institute of Body Psychotherapy, which I co-founded. The method is based on a Neo-Reichian approach, which, in turn, is based on the approach\u2019s principles established by Wilhelm Reich in vegetotherapy, character analysis, and analysis of segmental body armor. IBP is integrative because it uses contact, breathwork, movement, and voice to free the energy flow in the body and to through that flow integrate the levels of body, feeling, mind, and spirit.<\/p>

Integrative Developmental Dynamics is deeply rooted in developmental psychology. As such, it is focused on understanding the dynamics between intrauterine and early childhood development, as well as later developmental stages, and the fundamental needs that, due to specific developmental conditions, have not been met on time and which thus affect the quality of a person\u2019s life and their interpersonal relationship in the present. The methodology is based on the principle of containment, i.e. the capacity of a person to be present in their body with all its sensations, feelings, and thoughts, no matter their intensity. This approach respects the organic learning and growth of the individual, avoiding retraumatization.<\/p>

I am also guided by the principles and techniques of Alexander Lowen\u2019s Bioenergetics, which too, stems from Reich\u2019s work. We learn and master the key principles of grounding and embodiment through various core energy exercises, free movement, and various techniques to restore the natural flow of energy. The body\u2019s energy flow leads us through bodily sensations, feelings, and thoughts, and opening ourselves to grounded spirituality. Breaking through those adapted layers of personality we reach our destructive parts, and by working through them in a safe therapeutic space, we make room for the manifestation of our authentic self and our essence, which is constructive and inclusive.<\/p>

When working with character structures, I pay special attention to trauma, especially developmental trauma. The energy of trauma remains trapped in the body, and we can reach it in the present precisely through the body, sensation, and feelings. By gently opening the flow in a safe space, while strengthening the emotional container, we can release that energy of trauma through the body and restore the natural flow which had previously been disrupted or obstructed. This completes the process of embodiment in areas where it did not occur during the appropriate development stage due to the conditions that the person had grown up in. This way, and in the safety of the therapist-client relationship, we have the opportunity to repair attachment ruptures and injuries.\u00a0<\/p>

All this is possible precisely because of the body\u2019s implicit memory, and the opportunity to, through safe contact in the here and now, create a new, positive, satisfying, and accepting experience previously missing from one\u2019s life. And through this integrated experience, we then build and strengthen our adult self and life.\u00a0<\/p>

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Open Floor practice is based on the idea that the body is our home – a place where we can find refuge, authenticity, and connection with the inner world. Through conscious movement, the practice enables the exploration and integration of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects, making us more present and in touch not only with ourselves but with others as well.\u00a0<\/p>

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What is Open Floor?\u00a0<\/h3>

Open Floor is a form of conscious dance and movement designed to explore and see the body in movement as a foundation for personal growth and connection. In this experiential practice, there is no “right” way to move \u2013 each and every movement, moment, and expression becomes a means of exploration and healing.\u00a0<\/p>

The goal is to create a space where the body becomes an anchor for exploring emotions, thoughts, and relationships, while conscious movement is a tool for finding inner stability, flexibility, and authentic expression.<\/p>

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Body Anchoring<\/h3>

Working with the so-called body anchors<\/em> in Open Floor practice is key to creating a sense of security and direction. Body anchors <\/em>are places in the body that help us stay in the present and connected to our experience, no matter how intense our emotions or thoughts are.<\/p>

For example:<\/p>

  • When we feel overwhelmed, we can focus on our feet and the feel of the ground underneath them, using grounding techniques to anchor ourselves.<\/li>
  • When we have trouble expressing emotions, we can bring attention to our breath and use it as an anchor, helping the energy flow and allowing expression.<\/li><\/ul>

    Practices that use somatic anchoring teach us how to stay present in the moment, not get lost in thoughts or feelings, and finally, how to find inner peace even in challenging times.<\/p>

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    What does the Open Floor practice look like?<\/h3>

    Through free and structured movement, Open Floor teaches us:<\/p>

    • How to recognize and express our feelings through the body.<\/li>
    • How to connect with others without losing ourselves.<\/li>
    • How to use movement as a tool for exploration, integration, and healing.<\/li><\/ul>

      There is no choreography \u2013 each person explores their unique way of moving, while the facilitators are there to guide the participants toward a greater understanding of their internal processes.<\/p>

      Open Floor invites us to return to our bodies, find our inner anchor, and connect with our wholeness.<\/strong> Through this practice, we not only find greater peace and clarity but strengthen our capacities for a more conscious and fulfilling life – on and off the dance floor.<\/p>

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      Core Movement Resources \u2013 Essential Skills for Moving Through Life<\/h3>

      Core Movement Resources are at the heart of Open Floor. They are a set of skills universally shared and recognized, which empower us and help us face challenges and enjoy the beauty of life. These resources include:<\/p>

      • Center:<\/strong> It helps us maintain an embodied connection to ourselves, especially in our relationships with others.<\/li>
      • Ground:<\/strong> It helps us feel secure within our bodies and in the world.<\/li>
      • Activate & Settle:<\/strong> It helps us increase or decrease the intensity and amount of energy, and find a balance between being active and calm.<\/li>
      • Expand & Contract:<\/strong> It helps us open up to the world or withdraw, as needed.<\/li>
      • Towards & Away:<\/strong> It helps us consciously choose to either go towards or move away from feelings, thoughts, or people.<\/li>
      • Spatial Awareness:<\/strong> It helps us know where we are in a space and move safely within it.<\/li>
      • Release:<\/strong> It helps us develop a greater capacity for carrying and dealing with strong feelings.<\/li>
      • Dissolve:<\/strong> It helps us soften our movement, i.e. our sense of shape and physical form, align with spaciousness instead of mass.<\/li>
      • Vector:<\/strong> It helps us direct our movement in a specific, intentional direction — moving here rather than there, now rather than later, going right rather than left.<\/li>
      • Pause:<\/strong> It helps us make a conscious pause to reflect and integrate experiences.<\/li><\/ul>

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        Open Floor in Everyday Life<\/h3>

        Open Floor is not just about dancing \u2013 it is a way of developing flexibility, resilience, and the capacity for authentic expression. Every movement becomes an opportunity for exploration and healing, be it on the dance floor or off it.<\/p>

        Come and try Open Floor, and find your own way of moving through life, while connecting with the deeper layers of your authenticity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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        Coaching<\/strong><\/h2>\n

        \u201cICF defines coaching as partnering with clients in a thought-provoking and creative process that inspires them to maximize their personal and professional potential. The process of coaching often unlocks previously untapped sources of imagination, productivity and leadership.<\/em><\/p>\n

        We all have goals we want to reach, challenges we\u2019re striving to overcome and times when we feel stuck. Partnering with a coach can change your life, setting you on a path to greater personal and professional fulfillment.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

        Personal Coaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        As said, coaching is a partnership with a clear goal in mind. To set clear goals you need to align your desires and intentions and focus your willpower on short or long-term actions toward achieving the said goal. Personal coaching helps us become our own constructive and resourceful authorities, as well as leaders who create and live creative and inclusive lives.<\/p>\n

        Business Coaching<\/strong><\/h3>\n

        ICF states that business coaching covers workplace coaching and is focused on the client\u2019s professional growth. Companies and entrepreneurs often turn to business coaching when faced with business decisions or career changes, or when there is a new product or brand to be introduced.This kind of coaching is also used to help with business expansions, reorganizations, and optimizations, for strengthening and maintaining positive organizational climate and culture, and to boost team spirit (morale), business success, employee motivation, sales results, and conflict resolution — just to name a few. It is often used to help clients achieve strategic goals and advance their leadership skills and encourage changes within the organizational culture.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        Methods Integrative Body-Oriented Psychotherapy, also known as IBP IBP offers a way of understanding one\u2019s personality in terms of their body and the body\u2019s energy system. It differs from other approaches to psychotherapy in that it combines personality and character analysis with somatic (body-based) techniques which allow us to identify and release chronic muscle tension\u2014a necessary step to overcoming feelings, behaviors, and attitudes that are stopping us from living a fulfilled life. Body-oriented psychotherapy recognizes the intelligence and ability of the body to heal itself and it encourages this process. In my work, I use the IRD method – Integrative Developmental Dynamics, developed by CIR \u2013 the Institute of Body Psychotherapy, which I co-founded. The method is based on a Neo-Reichian approach, which, in turn, is based on the approach\u2019s principles established by Wilhelm Reich in vegetotherapy, character analysis, and analysis of segmental body armor. IBP is integrative because it uses contact, breathwork, movement, and voice to free the energy flow in the body and to through that flow integrate the levels of body, feeling, mind, and spirit. Integrative Developmental Dynamics is deeply rooted in developmental psychology. As such, it is focused on understanding the dynamics between intrauterine and early childhood development, as well as later developmental stages, and the fundamental needs that, due to specific developmental conditions, have not been met on time and which thus affect the quality of a person\u2019s life and their interpersonal relationship in the present. The methodology is based on the principle of containment, i.e. the capacity of a person to be present in their body with all its sensations, feelings, and thoughts, no matter their intensity. This approach respects the organic learning and growth of the individual, avoiding retraumatization. I am also guided by the principles and techniques of Alexander Lowen\u2019s Bioenergetics, which too, stems from Reich\u2019s work. We learn and master the key principles of grounding and embodiment through various core energy exercises, free movement, and various techniques to restore the natural flow of energy. The body\u2019s energy flow leads us through bodily sensations, feelings, and thoughts, and opening ourselves to grounded spirituality. Breaking through those adapted layers of personality we reach our destructive parts, and by working through them in a safe therapeutic space, we make room for the manifestation of our authentic self and our essence, which is constructive and inclusive. When working with character structures, I pay special attention to trauma, especially developmental trauma. The energy of trauma remains trapped in the body, and we can reach it in the present precisely through the body, sensation, and feelings. By gently opening the flow in a safe space, while strengthening the emotional container, we can release that energy of trauma through the body and restore the natural flow which had previously been disrupted or obstructed. This completes the process of embodiment in areas where it did not occur during the appropriate development stage due to the conditions that the person had grown up in. This way, and in the safety of the therapist-client relationship, we have the opportunity to repair attachment ruptures and injuries.\u00a0 All this is possible precisely because of the body\u2019s implicit memory, and the opportunity to, through safe contact in the here and now, create a new, positive, satisfying, and accepting experience previously missing from one\u2019s life. And through this integrated experience, we then build and strengthen our adult self and life.\u00a0 \u00a0 Open Floor \u2013 Movement as a path to wholeness Open Floor practice is based on the idea that the body is our home – a place where we can find refuge, authenticity, and connection with the inner world. Through conscious movement, the practice enables the exploration and integration of our physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual aspects, making us more present and in touch not only with ourselves but with others as well.\u00a0 \u00a0 What is Open Floor?\u00a0 Open Floor is a form of conscious dance and movement designed to explore and see the body in movement as a foundation for personal growth and connection. In this experiential practice, there is no “right” way to move \u2013 each and every movement, moment, and expression becomes a means of exploration and healing.\u00a0 The goal is to create a space where the body becomes an anchor for exploring emotions, thoughts, and relationships, while conscious movement is a tool for finding inner stability, flexibility, and authentic expression. \u00a0 Body Anchoring Working with the so-called body anchors in Open Floor practice is key to creating a sense of security and direction. Body anchors are places in the body that help us stay in the present and connected to our experience, no matter how intense our emotions or thoughts are. For example: When we feel overwhelmed, we can focus on our feet and the feel of the ground underneath them, using grounding techniques to anchor ourselves. When we have trouble expressing emotions, we can bring attention to our breath and use it as an anchor, helping the energy flow and allowing expression. Practices that use somatic anchoring teach us how to stay present in the moment, not get lost in thoughts or feelings, and finally, how to find inner peace even in challenging times. \u00a0 What does the Open Floor practice look like? Through free and structured movement, Open Floor teaches us: How to recognize and express our feelings through the body. How to connect with others without losing ourselves. How to use movement as a tool for exploration, integration, and healing. There is no choreography \u2013 each person explores their unique way of moving, while the facilitators are there to guide the participants toward a greater understanding of their internal processes. Open Floor invites us to return to our bodies, find our inner anchor, and connect with our wholeness. Through this practice, we not only find greater peace and clarity but strengthen our capacities for a more conscious and fulfilling life – on and off the dance floor. \u00a0 Core Movement Resources \u2013 Essential Skills for Moving Through<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"elementor_header_footer","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2820","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2820"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ninasenecic.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}