When the Body Speaks: A British-Italian Dialogue (New Library of Psychoanalysis)

Synopsis

This book is based on the work done by a group of British and Italian psychoanalysts who have been meeting twice yearly since 2003 to study clinically the relationship between the mind and the body of their patients. The analytical dyad became the focus of a dialectical movement between body and mind and between subject and object. Containing contributions from a range of distinguished British and Italian analysts, this book covers such key topics as somatic symptoms, the embodied unconscious, bodily expressions of affect, sexuality, violence, self-harm, suicide attempts, hypochondria, hysteria, anorexia and bulimia, and splits and fragmentation associated with the body. The theoretical understanding is inspired by various psychoanalytic theoreticians, including Freud, M. Klein, Winnicott and Bion and their theories on sexuality, infantile sexuality, libido, aggressiveness, death instinct, Oedipus complex and mother–child relationship. Offering new advances in theoretical thinking and practical applications for clinical work, this book will be essential for all psychoanalysts and mental health clinicians interested in understanding serious mental disturbance that is represented in the body.

Copyright:

2022

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

Book Size:

256 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781000428018

Related ISBNs:

9781032055541, 9781003198079, 9781032055534

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

10/25/21

Copyrighted By:

selection and editorial matter, Donald Campbell and Ronny Jaffè

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Donald Campbell

Edited by:

Ronny Jaffe