Man in the Trap [Paperback]

Baker (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 1980

This classic book offers a comprehensive understanding of medical orgone therapy. Developed by Wilhelm Reich, M.D., this unique treatment incorporates an energetic understanding of how the mind and body are interconnected. With the failure of psychoanalysis to live up to expectations, the psychiatric pendulum has shifted in the direction of treatment with medications. Reich's clinical discoveries of more than 50 years ago have provided us with medical orgone therapy, an effective method of treatment that does not rely on medication. Man in the Trap, written in a straightforward style, will help readers better understand both medical orgone therapy and themselves.

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"Dr. Baker was a superlative psychiatrist and an astute character analyst, making him the ultimate diagnostician." --Paul Mathews, M.A.

This classic book offers a deeper understanding of the core concepts of Wilhelm Reich's universal life energy and it's importance to health. Dr. Baker illustrates techniques for dissolution of chronic body armor, which resulted in dramatic transformations for many of his patients. For mankind, caged in his own armor and prevented from feeling truly alive, this book reads like a road-map out of the trap.

• What is body armor--the seven segments of blocked sexual energy

• How the removal of chronic muscular contractions can most often effectively relieve anxiety and depression and treat manic-depression and schizophrenia

• What you can do to help prevent armoring in your children and increase their chance for health --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Elsworth Baker, M.D. (1903-1985) was a brilliant therapist, a charismatic teacher, and a courageous physician who fulfilled the challenge of maintaining and expanding the science of orgonomy after Reich's death in 1957. Dr Baker, who received numerous honors for his achievements, founded the American College of Orgonomy in 1968 and served as its president until his death. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 354 pages
• Publisher: Scribner Paper Fiction; Collier Book ed edition (April 1, 1980)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0020836503
• ISBN-13: 978-0020836506
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,510,425 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wilhelm Reich made Simple, September 4, 2000

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joy whelan (new york, new york usa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man in the Trap: The Causes of Blocked Sexual Energy (Paperback)

Elsworth Baker takes the most important aspects of Wilhelm Reich's research and explains them in simple laymen's terms. Reich's profound research into human behavior, from infancy through adulthood, is told in a way by Dr. Baker, so that an ordinary person can understand the finding of Dr. Reich's research on topics like the function of the orgasm, the biophysical makeup of political man, and the healing of humanity of illnessess ( from cancer to war ) using the principals of bioenergetics.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Man in the Trap, June 5, 2003

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Salvatore Iacobello (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Man in the Trap (Paperback)

A must read for every mental health expert. This book is a concise, clear and objective presentation of the work of W. Reich. Dr. Baker has given an invaluable contribution in presenting, organizing and clarifying a field of knowledge that is neglected by classical medicine. He also has given an unprecedented gift to mankind in its struggle for happiness. In my opinion this is one of the few works that can help psychiatry to extricate itself from the biochemical quagmire in which is drawning.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Man In the Trap, July 3, 2002

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Rebecca Wald (Fort Lauderdale, FL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Man in the Trap (Paperback)

This book is an exploration of the unique mind-body therapy pioneered by Wilhelm Reich, M.D. The therapy, termed "medical orgone therapy," is practiced today by psychiatrists who have gone on to train in this unique approach to emotional health. Although the book is written with the serious student in mind (medical doctor, psychologist) it is also appropriate for a general audience. Anyone who is interested in improving their emotional health, naturally, should learn about this therapy. Man In the Trap is a good introduction to the treatment.