Relational Perspectives on the Body
Relational Perspectives on the Body by Lewis Aron, published by Analytic Press in 2000, is a comprehensive exploration of the intersection between bodily experience and psychological life. This 352-page book addresses the evolving focus of contemporary psychoanalysis on relational and interpersonal dynamics, raising critical questions about the role of the body within these frameworks. The contributors synthesize various theoretical influences, including feminism and postmodernism, to propose innovative models that integrate psyche and soma.
Readers will find a diverse range of topics discussed, including the experiences of both analysands and analysts in psychoanalytic treatment. The book delves into subjects often overlooked in clinical literature, such as the psychoanalytic treatment of Munchausen’s Syndrome and the implications of physical deformity. The final chapters emerge from a study group dedicated to examining the relationship between somatic and symbolized experiences, further enriching the discourse on physiological psychology and interpersonal relations. This edition serves as a significant contribution to the ongoing dialogue about the body in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
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Contemporary psychoanalysis has devoted so much of its attention to relational and interpersonal aspects of psychic life that questions have begun to emerge regarding the place of the body and bodily experience in our psychological worlds. Relational Perspectives on the Body addresses these questions in exemplary fashion. Contemporary relational theorists synthesize a variety of theoretical trends and influences – including feminism and postmodernism – in order to provide innovative relational models of psyche-soma integration. Throughout the book, contributors pay attention to the analysand’s and the analyst’s experiences as they devise original technical responses to the multifaceted ways in which bodily experiences enter into the relational matrix of psychoanalytic treatment. In the process, contributors take up subjects that are seldom addressed in the clinical literature, including breast cancer in the analyst, psychoanalytic treatment of Munchausen’s Syndrome, physical deformity, and musculoskeletal back pain. The final three chapters, by Looker, Balamuth, and Anderson, respectively, grew out of a study group that continues to investigate the relationship between somatic and symbolized experience.
The editors are well equipped to undertake this project. Lewis Aron is a leading relational theorist and clinical analyst, and Frances Sommer Anderson has employed a psychoanalytically informed approach to treating musculoskeletal back pain and other somatic symptoms for 18 years. The editors have enlisted original contributions from an excellent group of colleagues, placing Relational Perspectives on the Body at the forefront of the revival of interest in the body and bodily experience in psychoanalytic theory and practice.
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