A physical ailment can be viewed as an attempt by the Self to make itself known.
The Psyche of the Body: A Jungian Approach to Psychosomatics
Common phrases like having a "broken heart" or "cold feet" are examples of how unconscious motivations can be translated into physiological "picture-language". The Role of Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
To bridge the gap between symptom and meaning, Ramos utilizes active imagination with the body. In this practice, patients focus on the area of physical pain and allow images to emerge, essentially letting the symptom "speak".
The relationship between the mind and the body has long been a subject of debate, often trapped in the Cartesian dualism that views them as separate entities. However, in The Psyche of the Body: A Jungian Approach to Psychosomatics , Denise Gimenez Ramos challenges this split by presenting a model where the psyche and soma (the body) are "two aspects of the living being". This approach moves beyond seeing illness as a purely biological failure and instead treats the body as a symbolic canvas upon which the unconscious speaks. The Body as a Symbolic Expression
A physical ailment can be viewed as an attempt by the Self to make itself known.
The Psyche of the Body: A Jungian Approach to Psychosomatics
Common phrases like having a "broken heart" or "cold feet" are examples of how unconscious motivations can be translated into physiological "picture-language". The Role of Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious
To bridge the gap between symptom and meaning, Ramos utilizes active imagination with the body. In this practice, patients focus on the area of physical pain and allow images to emerge, essentially letting the symptom "speak".
The relationship between the mind and the body has long been a subject of debate, often trapped in the Cartesian dualism that views them as separate entities. However, in The Psyche of the Body: A Jungian Approach to Psychosomatics , Denise Gimenez Ramos challenges this split by presenting a model where the psyche and soma (the body) are "two aspects of the living being". This approach moves beyond seeing illness as a purely biological failure and instead treats the body as a symbolic canvas upon which the unconscious speaks. The Body as a Symbolic Expression
