Word: nude
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...added, "people would go away more spontaneous, less guarded, less defensive, not only about the shape of their behinds, but freer and more in nocent about their minds as well." That clinched it for Bindrim. If some patients respond better in groups than to individual therapy, he reasoned, then nude groups might be even more effective...
...hold all of them at once. Heated to 102°, the bath proved to be important therapeutically. As newly arrived members met, fully clothed, they were asked to discuss any anxieties or fantasies that they had about their imminent nudity. Many were apprehensive-surprisingly, more about seeing others nude than about being seen-but just talking it out helped. Though they had the choice of bathing nude or wearing a suit, all but one undressed around the bath and slipped into the swirling waters. After that, most of the group spent most of the time unselfconsciously nude...
Self-Evaluation. Bindrim and his colleagues have since conducted eight more nude marathons, some of which have been videotaped. Five-minute tapes were made of each member walking, standing and sitting. Watching themselves, most participants concentrated at first on what they considered their undesirable features, such as overweight, poor proportions or aging. But after they had seen the video tapes, most were able to see themselves less critically. The consensus: "Each body seems to fit nicely with each face." While none of the group reported an instant cure of an old, severe neurosis, many found that soon after they shed...
...professionals who have participated agree that nude marathons are worth further trials, provided they are conducted by a trained leader. Nude psychotherapy has achieved enough respectability to be the subject of a two-hour program at a recent meeting of the California State Psychological Association. Last weekend Bindrim started a new series of 16 sessions at a desert motel near Palm Springs...
...Holes. The loosely structured curriculum centers around month-long seminars on subjects that are selected as much by the students as by the staff. Youthful imagination is given free reign. In a seminar on sex and psychology, students thought it would be fitting to attend one session in the nude, although only one girl felt emancipated enough to do so. To study "aggression," the kids took to the woods, pounced from trees, acted out the roles of belligerent animals. After reading J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, they dug Hobbit holes, then crawled into them...