Treating Psychosomatic Patients

Treating the Psychosomatic Conflict offers a conceptual and therapeutic framework for all therapists who have to deal with the psychosomatic 'conflicted' body, as presented in anxiety and depression, stress and burn-out, medically unexplained symptoms and trauma.

Joeri Calsius (PhD) is a clinical psychologist, body-oriented, psychodynamic psychotherapist, physical therapist and osteopath DO. In his private practice, Joeri works with patients suffering from psychosomatic and trauma-related problems from a transdisciplinary perspective. He is an academic lecturer, teaches post-graduate courses in a number of settings and is author of several peer-reviewed articles and book contributions on bodywork in psychosomatics and trauma.

- Introduction The psychosomatic landscape - Chapter 1 An integrated view on the psychosomatic patient - Chapter 2 The patient telling a story - Chapter 3 Contacting the body in therapy, possible or not? - Chapter 4 The tensed body - Chapter 5 The unconscious in Experiential Bodywork - Chapter 6 A developmental view at the psychosomatic body - Chapter 7 Experiential Bodywork, the practical side Chapter 8 Concluding remarks