The Psyche of the Body

The Psyche of the Body: A Jungian Approach to Psychosomatics Paperback – October 1, 2004

Author: Visit Amazon's Denise Gimenez Ramos Page | Language: English | ISBN: 1583918981 | Format: PDF, EPUB

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Denise Gimenez Ramos is a clinical psychologist and a member of the Brazilian Society of Analytical Psychology. She has a private clinic in Sao Paulo and is also Professor of Analytical Psychology and Head of the Department of Post-Graduate Studies in Clinical Psychology at the Pontificia Universidade Catolica de Sao Paulo.

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Paperback: 176 pages
Publisher: Routledge (October 1, 2004)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1583918981
ISBN-13: 978-1583918982
Product Dimensions: 0.4 x 5.3 x 8.2 inches
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Ramos nails the nexus of body-mind relationship by correlating studies in Western medicine with principles and research in depth psychology. This nexus has long been understood in other cultures and is the basis of treatment for indigenous healers and Chinese medicine.

Now finally the West is beginning to document medical and psychological research that supports and elucidates the implications of the body-mind nexus. But the field is young and not widely accepted.

Ramos, a psychologist and Jungian analyst, makes a fine contribution in the Psyche of the Body. She cites extensive studies to help Westerners understand why in some individuals inner conflicts may express primitively as physical symptoms and as neurotic or psychotic disturbances in others.

She cites the "symbol" as the missing link in this budding field. All human meaning is organized around archetypal patterns. And while we can't know the archetype per se, our physical and mental health depends on expressing something of the all-important symbol.

However, in some individuals, archetypal disturbance due to difficulties in a developmental stage may make the symbol of the effecting archetype inaccessible. It remains stuck in the body where it cannot be expressed. And if not expressed as neurotic or psychotic attitudes and behavior (which are treatable), it may express "primitively" as physical symptoms and disease, sometimes fatal. Moreover, research indicates possible correlations between types of unexpressed meaning and types of disease.

Ramos is exploring nothing less than the frontier of Western medicine. Unless the mind-body nexus is granted full respect and funding, prevention and healing will remain limited and costs will continue to escalate.