Adolescence and the clinical work of bioenergetics today

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  • Camila Macedo

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https://doi.org/10.30820/0743-4804-2026-36-109

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adolescence, embodiment, bioenergetic exercises, body psychotherapy, digital age, therapeutic intervention

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Embodied communication represents the primary form of expression when adolescents enter therapeutic settings. They arrive depleted, anxious, or constricted, presenting themselves for initial contact that initiates a journey of bodily self-discovery. By incorporating contemporary understanding of adolescent embodiment in the digital age, this clinical approach emphasizes body recognition and self-perception, valuing movement and understanding how this occurs within shared networks of virtual relationships, addressing associated pathologies such as fragmentation and derealization. This paper presents exercises adapted from Lowen and contemporary body therapies to demonstrate the importance of somatic work with adolescents. Clinical experience demonstrates that bioenergetics provides an essential therapeutic framework for developing integrative pathways that combine sensations, images, and emotions. This approach intensifies interpersonal affective registration, validates individuation, respects expressive boundaries, accommodates emotional fluctuation, and enhances the self-acceptance necessary for identity formation.

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Camila Macedo

Camila Macedo Guastaferro was born in São Paulo, Brazil in 1983. She graduated in Psychology in São Paulo in 2006 and has worked with adolescents (2003–2023) at Kaplan’s Institute – an NGO specialized in Sexuality Education and educational game strategies for sexual health and prevention. She is co-author of 2 educational games (“Vale Sonhar” and “Valores em Jogo”) and coordinated 2 health exhibitions about pregnancy and STI prevention for adolescents (“Prevenindo a Gravidez Juvenil” and “Por dentro da Camisinha”). She received her Master’s Degree in Science from São Paulo’s Federal University in 2013, in the Education and Health Programme, focusing on adolescent vulnerabilities. In 2015 she started a private practice and partnership with Sueli Lelis, a Senior Trainer in Biosynthesis, and organized and participated in workshops in BA with Liane Zink, which was inspiration for her training at IABSP in 2018. She earned her CBT in 2024 and presented her final paper about Adolescence and Bioenergetic Analysis, supervised by Elaine Gloeden, and continues focusing her private practice and studies on adolescents and body strategies.
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Macedo, C. (2026). Adolescence and the clinical work of bioenergetics today. Bioenergetic Analysis, 36(1), 109–126. https://doi.org/10.30820/0743-4804-2026-36-109

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卷 36 编号 1 (2026)

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