Reichian Therapies (Reichian-based therapies, Reichian-oriented therapies)

Variety of "regression methods" whose theories share Wilhelm Reich's concept of "character armoring" ("muscular-emotional armoring"). The expression "character armor" refers to all the attributes one supposedly develops as "blocking" against "emotional excitation." The alleged results of "character armoring" include bodily rigidity and "deadness." Reichian-oriented therapies include bioenergetics, core energetics, organismic psychotherapy, and Radix. (See "Reichian Therapy.")