About a Woman Searching for Her Body

Abstract

This is a report of a 17-year-long therapy of a woman with severely disturbed body image and fragmentation of self-consciousness. I want to focus not only on the healing effect of the homeopathic medicine but also on the importance of a stable, containing therapeutic relationship where there is space and time for working with dreams, integrating ‘negative’ emotions and thoughts and becoming conscious of transference with the therapist.

Keywords

Anacardium orientale - Body image - Fragmentation of self - Winnicott

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