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orgonomy.org is the website of the American College of Orgonomy (ACO), a non-profit educational and scientific organization founded in 1968 and based near Princeton, New Jersey. It exists to establish and uphold standards in orgonomy, the science developed by Dr. Wilhelm Reich, and it serves three main audiences: people exploring medical orgone therapy as a patient, doctors seeking training, and professionals interested in applying orgonomic principles in social and organizational settings. The site is informational and organizational rather than a commercial storefront; if you are looking for a directory of practitioners, background on the therapy, or training pathways, it is the right starting point.
What the ACO is
The ACO describes itself as dedicated to establishing and upholding standards in orgonomy. Its framing of the work is clinical and educational: the homepage presents medical orgone therapy as a way to help patients "cultivate well-being and find deeper satisfaction in work and relationships," and it positions the organization as "a different kind of psychiatry."
Two things follow from that positioning:
- It is a standards body as much as a service provider. The emphasis on upholding standards suggests the ACO's role includes training, credentialing, and maintaining a shared framework rather than simply listing therapists.
- It is explicitly non-profit. The site includes a donation section ("Support the ACO"), which is consistent with an educational and scientific mission rather than a fee-for-service clinic model.
Who the site is for
The homepage organizes its "Get Started" paths by audience, which is the fastest way to decide whether the site is relevant to you:
| Audience | What the site offers |
|---|---|
| For Patients | Resources to understand medical orgone therapy and whether it might fit your needs |
| For Doctors | Medical Orgone Therapy training, plus information and tools to enhance practice and patient care |
| For Professionals | Social Orgonomy Training Program, applying orgonomic principles in social and organizational settings |
If you are a prospective patient, the patient resources page is the natural entry point. If you are a clinician, the doctor-facing training material is the relevant section. If your interest is organizational or social rather than clinical, the Social Orgonomy Training Program is the match.
What you'll find on the site
Beyond the audience pathways, the site carries several recurring content types:
- Therapist introductions. A "Meet our Therapists" section presents the practitioners associated with the organization.
- News and articles. Recent items include "The DSM-V Dilemma and the Crisis of Modern Psychiatry," "Living in the New Reality," and a podcast episode described as a behind-the-scenes therapy mentoring session.
- A podcast. The site promotes a podcast and links to a subscription page for it.
- Donation and support. A "Support the ACO" section invites donations to advance orgonomy and continue the organization's mission.
The article topics give a sense of the editorial angle: the ACO frames its work in contrast to mainstream psychiatric classification and practice, which is worth knowing before you invest time in the material.
How to decide whether to go further
A few practical checks before you spend time on the site:
- Clarify your goal. Patient care, clinical training, and social/organizational training are separate tracks with separate pages. Start with the one that matches you.
- Read the patient resources first if you're considering therapy. The site itself frames this as the way to judge "whether it might fit your needs" — treat that as the intended first step rather than jumping to therapist listings.
- Check the podcast and articles for tone. The news and podcast content is the cheapest way to sample how the ACO thinks and communicates before committing to training or treatment inquiries.
- Note what the site does not tell you up front. The homepage does not present pricing, insurance, session logistics, or therapist locations. Those details are not established by the material available here, so plan to ask directly rather than assuming.
If orgonomy is unfamiliar to you, the ACO's own framing — a non-profit founded in 1968 to uphold standards in Wilhelm Reich's science — is the essential context. Everything else on the site branches from that: patient therapy, doctor training, social orgonomy training, publications, and donor support.