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One of the essential books on Orgonomy and Psychiatric Orgone Therapy, is The Function of the Orgasm written by Dr. Reich in 1940 shortly after arriving in the United States.  It is a good, basic book for students of Orgonomy containing condensed valuable information.   In this book, Dr. Reich describes the gradual evolution of [...]

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( Excerpts of a lecture given by Dr. Wilhelm Reich on the process of integration in newborns and the schizophrenic.) In 1949, Wilhelm Reich conducted a series of clinical lectures and discussions with physicians in which he formulated the basic principles of orgone therapy and focused on specific problems and possibilities in the practice. Dr. [...]

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A 5 part video series about Dr. Morton Herskowitz’s personal memories of Wilhelm Reich and clinical aspects of psychiatric orgone therapy.

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Lori, a 20-year-old girl, has applied for social security and disability.  She is unable to work and has been referred for psychiatric evaluation. Her story is as follows.  At the age of 9, her parents divorced and her father left the family. Her father was physically abusive towards her and her mother. After her father [...]

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Click here to listen to an audio recording by Dr. Morton Herskowitz speaking about psychiatric orgone therapy. Lecture by Dr. Morton Herskowitz, March 18th, 2010. The point of departure of psychiatric orgone therapy from conventional psychiatric therapy is our acknowledgment of the presence and function of character armoring. Armoring is the eyes dulled, in a [...]

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Excerpts from Dr. Herskowitz’ Lecture in Germany, December 1993 Introduction of German interviewer of Dr. Herskowitz and of orgonomy and psychiatric orgone therapy. Dr. Herskowitz: “Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains. How did this change come about? I do not know.”  These are the opening lines of Jean Jacques Rousseau’s social [...]

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Repressed emotions have physical signatures. With anxiety we pull in our chests.  Tight necks signal stubbornness.  Raised shoulders imply fear.  Dulled eyes imply an inability to cope, etc.  Wilhelm Reich recognized that these somatic tensions functioned as emotional armoring; they kept repressed emotions at bay.  They are the physical representations of character. His therapy, designed [...]

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Wilhelm Reich was a student of Freud, who departed from psychoanalysis and proposed a different treatment approach called “Psychiatric Orgone Therapy.” Many of Freud’s disciples departed in different ways from Freud. Most moved away from certain aspect of Freudian theories, while elaborating on other aspects. Jung, for example, elaborated on the theory of unconscious and [...]

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