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bioenergetics

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A therapy that uses body exercises and breathing to release emotional tension

noun
/ˌbaɪoʊˈɛnərdʒɛtɪks/

Specialized

: bioenergética

Many people find bioenergetics effective for addressing deep-seated emotional issues by combining movement and breath.

Examples

A therapist helped the woman recover the memories with such methods as age regression, bioenergetics, psychodrama, trance work, visualization, and guided imaging.

Academic text (1993)
In Seattle, a trial judge recently rejected a sex abuse claim based on recovered memories allegedly unearthed by such New Age "therapies" as bioenergetics and age regression.

Academic text (1993)
That ends up being how bioenergetics largely works.
Using Bioenergetics and BodyTalk, she has helped her clients achieve homeostasis, thereby experiencing relief from their allergy-related and other symptoms.

Blog text (6)
During her therapy sessions, she practiced bioenergetics to help release emotional tension through specific exercises.
After attending a workshop on bioenergetics, he felt a significant reduction in stress and emotional pain.

Surface Forms

bioenergetics singular

bioenergetics plural

Morphology

bioenergetics = bioenergetic (opaque) = bio + energetic + s

The noun form is built from bioenergetic plus -s, but the psychotherapy meaning is a specialized lexicalized sense that is not directly predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Bioenergetics comes from bio- meaning 'life' (like in biology) and energetic meaning 'full of energy'. So in the therapy sense it means working with the body's 'life energy' through breath and movement to release emotional tension.