TY - BOOK AU - Ramos, Denise Gimenez TI - The psyche of the body: : a Jungian approach to psychosomatics SN - 1583918981 AV - RC49 .R266 2004 PY - 2004/// CY - Hove/New York PB - Brunner-Routledge KW - Medicine, Psychosomatic KW - FAST KW - Jungian psychology KW - Psychotherapy KW - Mind and body KW - Diseases KW - Psychosomatic Medicine KW - Jungian Theory KW - Models, Psychological KW - Psychophysiologic Disorders N1 - 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 N2 - '...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.' ER -