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   The International Center for Release and Integration is a world wide organization cooperating with centers and institutes in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Australia, England, France, Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Belgium and Holland. Jack Painter, Ph.D. its founder, is originator of several methods of self-discovery and self-learning in which our bodies, thoughts and feelings are integrated, grounded and transformed.
An approach developed by the International Center in collaboration with an international team of bodyworkers and body psychotherapists, “Bodymind Integration,” generally refers to two different types of bodymind healing: 1) self-discovery and self-learning, and 2) body psychotherapy.
   Bodymind self-discovery and self-learning includes two methods: a) Postural Integration and b) Energetic Integration which were created by Jack Painter and further developed by a team of international trainers, The International Council of Psychocorporal Integration Trainers, ICPIT ( www.psychocorporal.info ).
   A number of the Trainers in ICPIT are body psychotherapists and have also developed two methods which are forms of body psychotherapy: a) Postural Integration Psychotherapy and b) Energetic Integration Psychotherapy. Since Jack Painter is not a psychotherapist, he does not practice these psychotherapeutic methods but has consulted in their development with the psychotherapists on the team of Trainers. ( www.psychocorporalintegration.info/bodypsychotherpy ) .
   The International Center in Mill Valley, directed by Jack Painter, offers Bodymind Integration as self-learning and self discovery. Its methods are given as individual sessions, guided by practitioners and may be introduced in demonstrations or workshops. There are also programs for training practitioners. Visit ICPIT ( www.psychocorporal.info/trainers ) for an international list of active trainers and their schedules of trainings.

   The International Center also offers other programs of self-healing, Rhythmic Fitness and Bodymind Drama which are not part of the ICPIT programs