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Ingrid Rassaby-darsanesing
A Pertinência de uma Abordagem Clínica Transcultural a Distúrbios Psicossomáticos na ilha Réunion
Abstract Cultural foundations, beliefs and associated ritual practices delimit the relation to and the representation and lived experience of the body in specific ways. Language is the means through which the cultural specificity of both individual and shared mental content can be explored and worked with in therapy. This article presents beliefs about the body in a patient’s religion of origin and takes up the question of the role of the cultural dimension in psychosomatic phenomena. A case report gives indications of a novel therapeutic approach to this theme and highlights the intrinsic connection between cultural belonging and embodiment. Both the two-year long clinical intervention and…
Une approche psychothérapeutique des phénomènes psychosomatiques et de la corporéité à l'Île de La Réunion
A psychotherapeutic approach of psychosomatic phenomena and embodiment in Reunion Island Abstract The cultural foundations, the beliefs and rites of a society influence the way an individual embodies psychological perceptions and psychical experiences of the body. Language enable the investigation of cultural linguistic specificities, deciphering and working-through of related commonly held beliefs or personal meanings of these mental contents. This article first exposes the common beliefs about the human body in a reunionnese patient's original religion. It examines then the role of the patient's cultural background in psychosomatic 2 manifestations in Reunion Island. The work on this case…