Groundworks gives accounts of the actual processes of working with
individuals in six major schools of Somatics by either the creator of
the method itself or a leading teacher of the method. The creators are
Robert Hall of Lomi School, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen of Body-Mind
Centering, and Emilie Conrad Da'oud of Continuum. Leading teachers of
methods include Michael Salveson on Rolfing, Elizabeth Beringer on
Feldenkrais work, and Darcy Elman on F. M. Alexander Technique. Each
therapist describes how he or she approaches and diagnoses a patient's
problem, how he or she determines what and where to work, and the
progress of a session. Each therapist shows the complexity of working
with somatic processes and the resulting reward for client and therapist
both.