It could be a specific issue, which would require only a short-term intervention, or the client might choose a full Bodynamic Analysis in which he or she world work through all character structure and shock trauma issues. Generally, the under-developed or collapsed muscles would be worked on first. By increasing the tonicity of these collapsed muscles, one supports the psychological resources associated with them. It is important, not to breakdown or take away defenses. Only after building up strengths and resources, can defensive patterns that often kept the child safe and even alive then be safely given up.
Clients can be of any age.
For example, Marcher worked with an infant who had a particularly difficult and traumatic birth. As a result, the child was rejecting the breast and turning away from the mother. Marcher talked with the kicking baby. She placed her hands against its feet creating a resistance much like the pushing action during birth. She then instructed the mother to give the same resistance to the infant's feet, and talk to him encouraging and praising his strong efforts.