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Author Cornell, William F., author.

Title Somatic experience in psychoanalysis and psychotherapy : in the expressive language of the living / William F. Cornell
Published Hove, East Sussex [England] : Routledge, 2015

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Series Relational perspectives book series ; v. 68
Relational perspectives book series ; vol. 68
Contents Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- My body is unhappy -- The radical and tragic vision of Wilhelm Reich -- To enter the gesture as though a dream : a psychoanalyst encounters the body -- Hand to hand : touch enactment or touch analysis? -- Alien bodies : the search of desire -- Traces of the other : encounters with character -- The silent call : Reich, Winnicott, and the interrupted gesture -- Rough and tumble : sensing, playing, and maturation -- Take me : erotic vitality and disturbance -- Why have sex? : character, perversion, and free choice
Summary The body, of both the patient and the analyst, is increasingly a focus of attention in contemporary psychoanalytic theory and practice, especially from a relational perspective. There is a renewed regard for the understanding of embodied experience and sexuality as essential to human vitality. However, most of the existing literature has been written by analysts with no formal training in body-centered work. In this book William Cornell draws on his experience as a body-centered psychotherapist to offer an informed blend of the two traditions, to allow psychoanalysts a deep understanding, in p
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed April 6, 2015)
SUBJECT Reich, Wilhelm, 1897-1957
Subject Psychoanalysis.
Psychotherapy.
Psychoanalytic Therapy
Psychoanalysis
Psychoanalytic Theory
Human Body
Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical
Psychotherapy
psychoanalysis.
HEALTH & FITNESS -- Diseases -- General.
MEDICAL -- Clinical Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Diseases.
MEDICAL -- Evidence-Based Medicine.
MEDICAL -- Internal Medicine.
Psychoanalysis
Psychotherapy
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