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During
their training, along with the 3 years of theoretical work,
practice and supervision, Radix Body Centered Psychotherapists
do a minimum of 150 hours of their own personal Radix work.
Radix training is rare in its demand for ongoing, deep and comprehensive
personal work. This gives the practitioner an ability to be
fully present with their clients, no matter what the issues
are or what is being felt or expressed. Because of this high
standard of training and personal work, Radix practitioners
are comfortable with and able to work effectively with emotion
and recognise the role and purpose of doing so.
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The
founder of Radix, Dr Charles Kelley was, amongst other things,
an experimental psychologist who researched the relationship
between vision and emotions. He developed and incorporated vision
work into Radix. Radix practitioners are very skilled in working
with the eyes. Visual work is of immense importance in bringing
clients more into the present moment, which facilitates healthy
perception, addresses dissociation and enhances the integration
of the work.
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Historically,
Radix began with a belief that clients are not sick or damaged
but have learned ways of interacting with the world that protected
them and may no longer be useful for their survival. This belief
in the client's basic health and ability to relearn ways of
thinking, feeling and behaving, has continued through all developments
of Radix.
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With
the focus on the life force or radix, the Radix psychotherapist
is fundamentally working on the health and strength of the individual.
This empowers the client to take charge of their life. For this
reason, Radix practitioners are reluctant to 'diagnose' using
labels, preferring to look at what the client is struggling
with in their feelings, behaviour or thinking. This helps the
client make sense of their process, which informs them of how
to change and grow. |
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