# John Pierrakos

> John Pierrakos was an American physician and psychiatrist. A student of Wilhelm Reich, he developed bioenergetic analysis, a form of mind-body psychotherapy, with his then-colleague Alexander Lowen. Pierrakos was the founder and director of the Institute of Core Energetics (1973-2001), co-founder of the Bioenergetics Institute in New York, NY with Lowen (1955-1970), and co-founder of The Pathwork Center, Phoenicia, NY, in association with his wife, Eva Pierrakos.

*American psychotherapist and psychiatrist*

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## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1921-02-08
- **Died:** 2001-02-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

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