Psychopath — armoured upper chest
Upper-body control and defended contact
This upper-chest point marks the psychopath structure's armoured presentation of control, assertion, and defended relational contact, where charge is held behind the chest and shoulder girdle. The point is a clinical phenomenology anchor, not a moral judgement or a psychiatric diagnosis, and its broad uncertainty radius reflects variation in how the pattern is embodied.
Point 4 of 6 in Core Energetics — Five Character Structures
Cross-tradition overlaps
No overlapping points are registered for this point.
Sources
John C. Pierrakos, Core Energetics: Developing the Mind, Body, and Spirit in Therapy (primary)
Alexander Lowen, Bioenergetics (secondary)