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In addition, post-Reichian therapists have adopted some of his ideas while changing and developing others that are now considered dated. According to body psychotherapist and theorist Nick Totton (2008), what most agree upon is the importance of awareness of and surrender to bodily sensations and emotions, while downplaying Reich’s emphasis on sexuality. Many also question Reich’s alleged notion of unearthing the healthy genital character in the therapeutic process, even if he himself was of the opinion that each one of us is more or less neurotic and that the healthy character is an ideal.