Psicosomática y perspectiva sistémica
Saying that "the body speaks" is a relevant metaphor for psychosomatic problems treated from systemic family therapy, the subject of this book. In general, psychology has always been considered psychological symptoms as a substitute for what can not be said so in his way are part of the communication system. Psychosomatic illnesses also have a function or response message to the difficulties with the environment, and in him. In this work, the systemic view accepts the challenge of complexity and opposes itself against the Cartesian dichotomy of "a" body and "a" soul "assembled" in one person, as well as to the concept of disease as mere "fault" of a mechanism. This distinguishes three phases: 1. exploration of the meanings that assume physical symptoms within the family context, 2. developing strategies for prevention of chronicity, in close interdisciplinary cooperation between physi...read more
