The conflict and dissociation between the Body and the Mind have
determinant implications in the context of our current clinical
practice, and are an important source of internal and relational
disturbances. Body-Mind Dissociation in Psychoanalysis proposes the
concept as a new hypothesis, different from traumatic dissociation or
states of splitting.
This approach opens the door to a clinical confrontation with extreme
forms of mental disturbance, such as psychosis or borderline disorders,
and strengthens the relational power of the analytic encounter, through
a focus on the internal sensory/emotional axis in both analyst and
analysand. The book details this importance of the analyst's
intrasubjective relationship with the analysand in constructing new
developmental horizons, starting from the body-mind exchange of the two
participants.
Body-Mind Dissociation in Psychoanalysis will be of use to students,
beginners in psychotherapy, mental health practitioners and seasoned
psychoanalysts.