In the beginning.
Dr. Patricia Frisch and Dr. Richard Blasband began to work as partners in the mid-90's, when they set about utilizing their decades of experience in Orgonomic Therapy and passion for teaching into delivering professional/public workshops and trainings based on the work of Wilhelm Reich. They announced their first workshop in 1998. That workshop, along with subsequent professional trainings, proved to be extremely successful in providing participants a rarely seen view of themselves and their potential. Drs. Frisch and Blasband were inspired to develop their programs further and in 2002, their efforts organically unfolded and matured into The Orgonomic Institute of Northern California.
The Institute's mission is to meet the needs of students who wish to be trained in the techniques of orgonomic bio-therapy and to provide information to the public about the orgonomic therapeutic process. They achieve their mission through professionally designed and delivered trainings at Esalen® Institute and various other locations in California.
In 2008, Dr. Frisch took over as Executive Director of the Institute and Dr. Blasband remained as Adjunct Faculty.
Patricia Frisch Ph.D.
Executive DirectorPatricia R. Frisch, Ph.D. is a licensed psychologist and MFT, orgonomic bio-psychotherapist, family therapist, and group leader. She has been a practicing Orgonomic Therapist in the San Francisco Bay area since 1976 and is expert in the application of character analytic techniques in group therapy. Her specialty is character analytic bodywork - the interface between psychological conflict, physical illness, and stress related symptomatology.
Dr. Frisch has specialized in Non-Touch Energy work including Surgical Assistance at Marin General and California Pacific Medical Center. Patricia Frisch is director of Counseling and Training Consultants, which provided communications training for inmates and staff, and supervised mental health professionals in California State Prisons. Dr. Frisch has trained and supervised graduate students and professionals from California universities in Reichian character-analysis, somatic modalities, group therapy, couples therapy, and stress reduction through emotional and physical release. She is supervising interns at Community Institute for Psychotherapy in San Rafael, 415-459-5999. Dr. Frisch is also member of the Order of Thich Nhat Hanh.
Dr. Patricia Frisch, Reichian Therapist
415-388-0622 — Dr. Frisch
Richard Blasband M.D.
Adjunct Faculty
Richard A. Blasband is a board-certified psychiatrist, trained in medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and in psychiatry at Yale Medical School, where he served on the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Blasband studied medical orgonomy with Dr. Elsworth Baker, who was appointed by Wilhelm Reich to train physicians in his therapeutic discipline, psychiatric orgone therapy. With others of Dr. Baker's students, Dr. Blasband assisted Dr. Baker in the creation of the American College of Orgonomy, where he served as President and Editor of the Journal of Orgonomy as well as conducting research in orgone biophysics. He is currently the Research Director of the Center for Functional Research in Sausalito, California, devoted to experimental and theoretical research on healing and the interface between life energy and consciousness. He is in the private practice of psychiatric orgone therapy, with over 35 years of experience in the field. He has published over 60 original articles and reviews in the Journal and other medical publications.
Dr. Richard Blasband, Reichian Therapist
415-331-2536 — rablasband@sbcglobal.net
Guest Faculty
From time to time, the Institute may invite other experienced professionals to present content that will enhance the overall experience of our trainings.
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