The psyche of the body
Ramos, Denise Gimenez
The psyche of the body : a Jungian approach to psychosomatics - Hove/New York Brunner-Routledge c2004 - xii, 164p.; ill.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; index
1 Some models and concepts of disease and the healing process. 2 The analytical model. 3 Disease as symbolic expression: a new proposal. 4 Critical analysis of psychosomatic research. 5 The analytical model in organic diseases. 6 The symbolic body: case vignettes. 7 Conclusions
'...a passionate and well-informed plea for a Jungian version of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy....reviews the long history of psychosomatic medicine and models of the relationship between psyche and body that have evolved over time, and presents a full revision of research in the field over the last twenty years. It presents a much-needed theoretical model together with practical guidelines that demonstrate how the psychological aspects of specific illnesses should be handled in therapy and analysis.'
Paperback
1583918981
2004003890
Medicine, Psychosomatic
Jungian psychology
Psychotherapy
Mind and body
Diseases
Psychosomatic Medicine.
Jungian Theory
Models, Psychological
Psychophysiologic Disorders
RC49 .R266 2004
The psyche of the body : a Jungian approach to psychosomatics - Hove/New York Brunner-Routledge c2004 - xii, 164p.; ill.; bibliog. notes; bibliog.; index
1 Some models and concepts of disease and the healing process. 2 The analytical model. 3 Disease as symbolic expression: a new proposal. 4 Critical analysis of psychosomatic research. 5 The analytical model in organic diseases. 6 The symbolic body: case vignettes. 7 Conclusions
'...a passionate and well-informed plea for a Jungian version of psychosomatic medicine and psychotherapy....reviews the long history of psychosomatic medicine and models of the relationship between psyche and body that have evolved over time, and presents a full revision of research in the field over the last twenty years. It presents a much-needed theoretical model together with practical guidelines that demonstrate how the psychological aspects of specific illnesses should be handled in therapy and analysis.'
Paperback
1583918981
2004003890
Medicine, Psychosomatic
Jungian psychology
Psychotherapy
Mind and body
Diseases
Psychosomatic Medicine.
Jungian Theory
Models, Psychological
Psychophysiologic Disorders
RC49 .R266 2004