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Mind-body Problems
Janet Schumacher Finell
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Description for Mind-body Problems
Hardback. Alexithymic individuals are prone to disease as a result of the faulty processing of emotions that leads to cognitive deficit in coping with stressful affects. This collection reports on specific disorders - anorexia, arthritis and irritable bowel syndrome - with consideration of developmental questions and treatment issues and techniques. Num Pages: 376 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: MMJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
The opening paper profitably links psychosomatic disorders to alexithymia, the absence or deadening of feeling, the inability to identify or express emotion. Alexithymic individuals are particularly prone to disease as a result of the faulty processing of emotions that leads to cognitive deficit in coping with stressful affects. Animated case reports on specific disorders—anorexia, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, even (speculatively) miscarriage—balance consideration of developmental questions and treatment issues (transference/countertransference) and techniques. From a historical essay on Freud's view of the mind-body connection to explorations of the complicated role of trauma and PTSD, the contributions to Dr. Finell's collection demonstrate intellectual ... Read more
The opening paper profitably links psychosomatic disorders to alexithymia, the absence or deadening of feeling, the inability to identify or express emotion. Alexithymic individuals are particularly prone to disease as a result of the faulty processing of emotions that leads to cognitive deficit in coping with stressful affects. Animated case reports on specific disorders—anorexia, arthritis, irritable bowel syndrome, even (speculatively) miscarriage—balance consideration of developmental questions and treatment issues (transference/countertransference) and techniques. From a historical essay on Freud's view of the mind-body connection to explorations of the complicated role of trauma and PTSD, the contributions to Dr. Finell's collection demonstrate intellectual ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
Number of Pages
376
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9781568216546
SKU
V9781568216546
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About Janet Schumacher Finell
Janet Schumacher Finell, Ph.D., editor of Mind_Body Problems: Psychotherapy with Psychosomatic Disorders, is Training and Supervisory Psychoanalyst at the National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis, New York, and the Institute for Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy of New Jersey, where she is also a member of the faculty. In her recent writing and clinical work, Dr. Finell has focused on psychosomatics, particularly on ... Read more
Reviews for Mind-body Problems
Mind-Body Problems is a welcome addition to the field of psychotherapy with psychosomatic disorders. Packed with practical as well as theoretical information, it will assist clinicians in confronting enigmatic, often perplexing problems.
Lawrence Balter With characteristic creativity and enthusiasm, Dr. Janet Finell has assembled a group of outstanding clinicians to update us on mind_body problems. They not only teach ... Read more
Lawrence Balter With characteristic creativity and enthusiasm, Dr. Janet Finell has assembled a group of outstanding clinicians to update us on mind_body problems. They not only teach ... Read more