Abstract

AVILA, Lazslo Antonio. The secret symmetry: group and body in the psychoanalytical view. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2006, vol.7, n.1, pp. 17-27. ISSN 1677-2970.

This work aims at investigating some of the conjunctions that link the theoretical concepts of psychoanalytical psychosomatics and group therapy. The initial question was why some of the main theoreticians that discussed the group from the psychoanalytical reference were also interested in psychosomatic matters, as can be seen with Bion and René Kaës. Group and body, as concepts, show fascinating approximation, which both articulate and highlight very important problems in Psychoanalysis, that were anticipated in Freud’s work. He addresses questions that bring the body and the group together both as a metaphor and direct representation. We will try to demonstrate how, after Freud, the group-analytical and psychosomatic theoreticians established conceptual foundations that allow us to draw some hypotheses on this secret symmetry in the psychoanalytical comprehension of the group and the body. To conclude we strongly believe that group-analysis is an excellent tool for the investigation and treatment of psychosomatic symptoms.

Keywords : Group; Body; Psychoanalysis; Group-analysis; Psychosomatics.

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