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Embodied Psychoanalysis: Body, Mind and Relationships

Editor : Giuseppe Craparo, Editor : Clara Mucci

Reviews and Endorsements

‘In recent years, research in the psychoanalytic field has begun to explore the multiplicity of unconscious systems, drawing – as demonstrated by this book – on Sigmund Freud’s The Ego and the Id. In this exploration, psychoanalysis has engaged with infant research and neurobiology, as highlighted in the book’s chapters, all of which are outstanding and of great interest in their clinical and psychopathological implications for the professionals in the area of mental health. The theoretical thread that connects these contributions is that of implicit or enactive relationality, in which mind and body meet and intertwine.’
Massimo Ammaniti, Psychoanalyst and Honorary Professor of Developmental Psychopathology, Sapienza University of Rome

‘Psychoanalytic attention to the human body has a chequered history. It ranges from the insistent primacy of body over mind and culture (à la Freud’s “anatomy is destiny”) through novel, if occasionally questionable, somatic interventions to almost total neglect of corporeal existence in the enthusiasm over psychic intersubjectivity and social constructivism. Giuseppe Craparo and Clara Mucci’s book side-steps such pitfalls. Instead, it offers a thoughtful, theoretically modern, body-oriented view not only of instincts, drives, and sensuality, but also of identity diffusion, countertransference, and role-responsive enactments in the clinical setting. This is a most useful addition to today’s psychoanalytic literature.’
Salman Akhtar, MD, DLFAPA, Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, Jefferson Medical College; Training and Supervising Analyst, Psychoanalytic Center of Philadelphia

‘Embodied Psychoanalysis is a landmark volume that unites psychoanalysis, neuroscience, and trauma studies. Bringing together leading voices, it demonstrates how the body shapes selfhood, relationships, and the therapeutic process. A vital resource for clinicians and scholars, it offers an integrative and transformative perspective on the unconscious and healing.’
Stephen W. Porges, PhD, Distinguished University Scientist; Founding Director, Kinsey Institute Traumatic Stress Research Consortium; Professor of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill