Joy

Dr. Alexander Lowen is the creator of bioenergetics, which he has defined as "a therapeutic technique to help a person get back together with his body and to help him enjoy to the fullest degree possible the life of the body." Incorporating direct work on the body into the psychoanalytic process, Dr. Lowen practices psychiatry in New York and Connecticut and is the executive director of the Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis. He is married and lives in New Canaan, Connecticut, with his wife and son.

• JoyPreface1. JoyThe Freedom from GuiltFeeling the Life of the Body2. The Surrender to the BodyThe Surrender of the Narcissistic EgoGrounding and Reality3. Crying: The Releasing Emotion4. The Resistance to CryingI Won't Break DownThe Surrender of the Will: Despair5. Anger: The Healing Emotion6. Love: The Fulfilling EmotionThe Surrender to LoveMature Love7. The Betrayal of Love8. Sexual Abuse9. Fear: The Paralyzing Emotion10. The Fear of Death11. Passion, Sex, and Joy12. Passion and the SpiritThe Surrender to GodThe Dancing Spirit