Body-Centered Psychotherapy is a type of clinical work that operates on the premise that sensation, breath, and movement are the body's form of speech, and if we listen to the body we can become aware, appreciate, and track sensations of all kinds (Caldwell, 1996).

In body-centered therapy, as people verbally process their experiences, they are guided in the process of being "mindful" of their body's experience. Clients can learn to locate sensations in the body, to tolerate the sensations, and to experience them without judgment. Clients can learn to live in their bodies, rather than hate or destroy them, and learn to distinguish what is nourishing from what is toxic. They learn to create boundaries, and master the fear and tension locked in their body.