The beating matresses with a tennis racket started with Bioenergetics in the seventies. At the time, this may have represented a freeing up of energies, but I believe is still a misconception. If therapists are clinging to this philosophy today, to me they have not advanced. As I explain in my books, expression is not the ultimate answer to repression, although like other avenues, it may provide some temporary relief. Maybe the EC philosophy actually is cutting-edge for many professionals.