This form of therapy is named after Marion Rosen, a German-born physiotherapist who completed her training in Sweden before moving to San Francisco, California. Her approach combines massage, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques with aspects of psychoanalysis. Although she strongly encouraged her clients to verbalize their sensations and emotions while considering their problems (after noting that clients who openly talked about events concerning the moment of injury tended to recover more quickly), she taught no specific procedure: practitioners are trained to act on their own observation and intuition.

Elements of Therapy

The Rosen technique involves a light, gentle touching, particularly on areas of the body that are regarded as “holding breath” and therefore static. Such areas are apprehended as retaining uncomfortable memories that, by means of verbalizing and breath control, can be released. As a result of this, habitual body tension is also released. Some psychiatrists have found the Rosen method to be a useful adjunct to their own therapies.

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