Education in counselling and in psychotherapy with an accent to scenic symbolic work

University of Hradec Kralove, Faculty of Education, Department of Social Pedagogy, Rokitanskeho 62, 50003, Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic

^a Corresponding author: gabriela.slaninova@uhk.cz

Abstract

The article is focused on education in counselling and psychotherapy with an accent to scenic symbolic work. The focus of this work with a client can be found in Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor. Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor (henceforth PBSP) is one of the therapeutic systems which address the “I” of an individual in a distinctive way. Also, it could be classified as a holistic approach. PBSP defines five basic needs – place, nurturance, support, protection and limits. One of its basic principles is the principle of the shape and the counter shape. Every emotion/action of the client is a “shape” and it requires an adequate response from outside – an adequate “counter shape”. The satisfaction of a need happens in five steps – energy, action, interaction and meaning. According to PBSP, every individual carries an inborn image of what s/he needs. In the real world, our needs are not satisfied in the ideal way, the degree of frustration and the personality of the individual are important.