Since its inception at the beginning of the 20th century, body psychotherapy has undergone many stages of development. As such, the work as it stands today draws on various historical influences and utilises different depth psychology models that combine bodywork methods with individual consciousness development.

These include, among others, the models of

• Shadow work according to the concept of Carl Gustav Jung
• Character analysis according to Wilhelm Reich
• Fundamentals of humanistic psychology
• Bioenergetic analysis according to Alexander Lowen

and methodological approaches such as