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Une approche psychothérapeutique des phénomènes psychosomatiques et de la corporéité à l'Île de La Réunion
2016
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…