Costello, Melanie Starr

Imagination, illness, and injury : Jungian psychology and the somatic dimensions of perception / Melanie Starr Costello. - Hove, East Sussex; New York: Routledge, 2006. - ix,122 pages ; color illustrations ; 21 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 116-117) and index.

1 The imaginal system: archetypes and complexes as perceptual determinants. -- 2 Archetypal constrictions of identity: a case of resolution through injury. -- 3 Albert Speer's twilight of evil : a case of near-death awakening. -- 4 The unconscious complex and olfactory messaging : a case of repetition compulsion. -- 5 Somatic elements of perception: the interpersonal origins of awareness. -- 6 The psyche-soma split : a case of maternal negligence. -- 7 Psychosomatics in analysis : a case of repair through regression. -- 8 Building the bridge : a case of restoration through dyadic imaging.

'...examines the psychological factors behind perceptual limitations and distortions and links a broad range of somatic manifestations with their resolution.'

Paperback

9780415376372

2006009408


Sick--Psychology
Mind and body therapies
Psychobiology
Perception
Psychological manifestations of general diseases
Medicine, Psychosomatic
Jungian psychology

RC49 .C673 2006