Experiencing the Body

Name: Experiencing the Body
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Experiencing the BodyA Psychoanalytic Dialogue on Psychosomatics\nAuthor(s): Jacques Press\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367181550, 978-0367181550\nSynopsis\nExperiencing the Body: A Psychoanalytic Dialogue on Psychosomatics offers a range of perspectives on somatic illness, highlighting key points of convergence and difference between a range of psychoanalytic perspectives, to find a new understanding of this important issue.\n\nIncluding contributions from experienced clinicians, each chapter presents contributions from two authors representing different points of view, before concluding with commentary from a third. It features discussion on key theoretical issues, including drive and affects, the role of the ideal ego, and the function of symbolisation, but also case studies of somatic patients, covering issues around depression and trauma, and exploring similarities and differences between somatic and bor.