Right from the Start is a short documentary film that demonstrates medical orgone therapy treatment of three infants, giving viewers the opportunity to witness the benefit of this method of intervention in preventing armoring. Armor refers to the bodily contractions that involuntarily occur when an individual suffers a traumatic experience. Unfortunately, once armor forms, it takes on a life of its own and forever has an effect on all future functioning.

It is remarkable that armor, which might take years to relieve once it has become solidified in an adult, can be treated in babies so simply and quickly by this unique treatment approach.

Right from the Start is more than a demonstration. It is an appeal for more loving and conscientious care of the newborn, and a powerful argument for early intervention.

Available today for only $14.95.

Social Orgonomy Lecture Series at the American College of Orgonomy

The ACO is presenting a series of social orgonomy talks whose purpose is to inform the public about this field of study and especially to show how these processes manifest in attendees’ own lives and relationships, as well as in society at large.

June 7, 2008 – The Faces of Evil: Examples from History – Virginia Whitener, Ph.D.
October 4, 2008 – The Emotional Plague in Children and Adolescents – Dee Apple, Ph.D.

Lectures to be held at the ACO Headquarters, Princeton, NJ. Seating is limited. Call or e-mail the ACO for more information and to register.

What is Social Orgonomy?

Social orgonomy is the branch of orgonomy concerned with bioenergetic contact between living things and the patterns of behavior, customs, organizations and institutions that arise from their interactions and connections including families, work organizations, and society in general. It includes study of the healthy basis of happiness and satisfaction in love, family, and work relationships as well as destructive tendencies manifesting socially as the “emotional plague.” The emotional plague has caused untold human misery throughout history.

The ACO also conducts a social orgonomy training program providing an in-depth course of study designed to educate qualified candidates in bioenergetic principles of relationships and social structures. A major goal of the training program is to enable trainees to apply these principles practically to counter social disturbances that disrupt happiness and to improve healthy functioning in families, work organizations and society at large.

American College of Orgonomy 2007 Annual Conference

The 2007 Annual Conference, The Decline and Fall of Modern Psychiatry, was held on Sunday, November 4 at The Wyndham Conference Center in Plainsboro, NJ.

Keynote speaker Charles Konia, M.D. examined current mental health treatment and contrasted it to medical orgone therapy, the mind-body treatment developed by Wilhelm Reich, M.D. In addition to Dr. Konia's keynote address there were presentations by medical orgonomists including case studies illustrating the effectiveness of this revolutionary method of therapy.

This conference marked the 50th anniversary of Reich's death as well as the publication of Dr. Konia's book, The Emotional Plague (available in December).

The American College of Orgonomy’s 2005 Conference was held at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. This well-received conference provided both professionals and the general public with vital information on natural labor and delivery, mother-infant contact, and the raising of healthy children. The conference featured guest speaker Phyllis Klaus, international authority on labor, delivery, and early infant bonding. Read more about the 2005 Conference.

The Orgonomy Podcast Now Available on iTunes

Talks and interviews about the science of orgonomy based on the work of Dr. Wilhelm Reich are now available at iTunes. Topics include self-help, therapy without medication, orgone energy concepts, relationships and personal growth. Please note that you must first download the iTunes software and then type in orgonomy as your search term in order to access the podcasts.

If you prefer, you may also listen to the podcasts at http://acopodcast.libsyn.com.

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Room for Happiness - Winner of the Prestigious Houston International Film Festival Gold Award. Now available on DVD and VHS.

Room for Happiness introduces viewers to the unique form of therapy first conceived by Wilhelm Reich, M.D. and practiced today by a growing number of physicians. The film features real patients with real problems who courageously share their personal lives in actual therapy sessions. Interviews with their psychiatrists explain the treatment approach. Room for Happiness premiered to an enthusiastic audience at New York City's Ritz-Carlton Hotel. It was honored with several awards, including the WorldFest-Houston Gold Medal Award for Film/Video Production in the category of Medical Treatments and Procedures.

DVD and VHS editions of the film are now available and they are accompanied by a comprehensive brochure that provides information to better help the viewer understand this unique treatment and the science of orgonomy.

Available today for only $19.95.

Learn more about Room for Happiness

 

	September 11 - An Attack on Freedom

Recent events have focused the attention of the world on terrorism and how to understand this unprecedented attack on freedom. One branch of orgonomy has focused on the social realm of human functioning and has been elaborating these fundamental insights of Wilhelm Reich.

We have established a socio-political archive of material from the Journal of Orgonomy and our 2001 Annual Conference that addresses these issues in detail.

  The Emotional Plague
      Now Available!

  Wilhelm Reich and Orgonomy
      Now Available!

The American College of Orgonomy (A.C.O.)is a non-profit educational and scientific organization devoted to setting and maintaining standards for work in the field of orgonomy. The A.C.O. maintains a rigorous training program in medical orgone therapy for highly qualified, board-certified psychiatrists and internists.