Wilhelm Reich (1897-1957) founder of body-oriented psychotherapy. After graduating from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Vienna, he became interested in psychoanalysis and became Z. Freud's first clinical assistant, and then vice-director of a psychoanalytic clinic in Vienna. A talented clinician and researcher with excellent intuition, W. Reich created a new and very promising direction in psychotherapy, the significance of which is only now being realized. This book is the main work of W. Reich, which provides a theoretical basis for body-oriented therapy and his original view of personality structure. The book is of great interest for psychologists, psychotherapists and for a wide range of readers interested in problems of personal growth. It is translated into Russian for the first time.