| Description |
1 online resource (141 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Imagination, Illness and Injury; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1; 1 The imaginal system: archetypes and complexes as perceptual determinants; 2 Archetypal constrictions of identity: a case of resolution through injury; 3 Albert Speer's twilight of evil: a case of near-death awakening; 4 The unconscious complex and olfactory messaging: a case of repetition compulsion; Part 2; 5 Somatic elements of perception: the interpersonal origins of awareness; 6 The psyche-soma split: a case of maternal negligence |
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7 Psychosomatics in analysis: a case of repair through regression8 Building the bridge: a case of restoration through dyadic imaging; Conclusions; Bibliography; Index |
| Summary |
How does the body influence the way we see the world?Imagination, Illness and Injury examines the psychological factors behind perceptual limitations and distortions and links a broad range of somatic manifestations with their resolution. Melanie Starr Costello applies Jungian theory to a variety of cases, attributing psychosomatic phenomena to cognitive processes that are common to us all. She analyses the role of illness in several life narratives, and interprets the appearance of somatic phenomena during important phases of analytic treatment. Together these case narratives present a signifi |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317797005 |
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1317797000 |
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