Minding the Body: The body in psychoanalysis and beyond [Paperback]

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Lemma examines how psychic pain can be expressed through the body, through elective procedures or somatic conditions brought on by psychological issues

Lemma has become one of the modern leaders in psychoanalysis. Her contribution to understanding this most fundamental of psychoanalytic concerns  our relationship to our bodies  has been immense and is growing. This book is an essential source of inspiration for clinicians to help them listen to and hear their patients deepest concerns more clearly. An extraordinary achievement. Peter Fonagy, Freud Memorial Professor of Psychoanalysis and Head of the Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology, University College London, UK

In this insightful and innovative book Alessandra Lemma revisits and explores further some of the subjects she considered in