The Psychosomatic Therapy Casebook : Stories from the Intersection of Mind and Body

Stora, Jean Benjamin

Routledge（2021/12発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 184 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780367370732
• DDC分類 150

Full Description

In this fascinating book, eminent Psychosomatician Jean Benjamin Stora outlines 15 case studies to illustrate his work in treating patients.Examining interrelations and multicausality between different systems within the body and mind, the book features a range of patients, from those suffering from cancer and chronic pain, to those suffering from stress and alcohol addiction. It provides readers with a rich selection of case histories through which to understand the scope of psychosomatic therapy and outlines the psychoanalytic, medical, and neurological dimensions to each case.The Psychosomatic Therapy Casebook is the perfect introduction for anyone interested in this growing area of work and will appeal especially to practicing psychotherapists, psychoanalysts and counsellors.

Contents

IntroductionChapter 1: Doctors, patients and therapists of the mind and the bodyChapter 2: 'A good enough mother'Chapter 3: Serious illnesses and painChapter 4: Psychosomatic enigmasChapter 5: On the originality of psychosomatic psychotherapiesConclusion: From the Clinic of Psychoanalysis to the Clinic of Psychosomatic TherapyAppendix 1: Method of Evaluation and Diagnosis of Psychosomatic HealthAppendix 2: Dynamic Integrative Psychosomatic NosographyAppendix 3: Glossary: Behavioural Neurosis