Oral — collapsed front

Front body yields while contact reaches outward

This point marks the collapsed front of the oral strategy: the trunk is drawn as yielding or lacking support while the person seeks contact and nourishment beyond the body. The label combines the requested oral signature with a reaching orientation; it is a clinical phenomenology anchor, not an anatomical explanation of dependency or need.

Sensitive / Withdrawn — collapsed chestOral — collapsed frontOral — collapsed frontTough / Generous — armored frontBuried / Enduring — compressed lumbarExpressive / Clingy — inflated chest

Point 2 of 5 in Hakomi Character Strategies — Postural Holding Map

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Ron Kurtz, Body-Centered Psychotherapy: The Hakomi Method (primary)

Hakomi Institute, Character Strategies and Character Theory (secondary)

Pat Ogden, Kekuni Minton, and Clare Pain, Trauma and the Body: A Sensorimotor Approach to Psychotherapy (scholarly_modern)

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