The Psychosomatic Therapy Casebook

'Jean Benjamin Stora was President of the Paris Psychosomatic School in the 1990s. Subsequently, his work at the Pitié-Salpêtrière hospital led him to develop a new discipline, integrative psychosomatics. It was based on a scientific model called ""metapsychosomatics"", which supports the tension of knowledge between three disciplines: biomedicine, neuroscience and metapsychology. Following on from his previous works, this book explains the model and its paradigm in which the individual is perceived and investigated as a whole, in other words, as a ""psychosomatic unit"". Through fifteen clinical cases, Stora exposes the clinical and therapeutic orientations at play. This is an important book for doctors, clinicians, and psychological practitioners. It carries an obvious yet often overlooked message: that the care of patients should not focus solely on the sick organ or biological system as separate from mind and spirit, but should also focus on taking care of the person behind the illness.' -- Dr L. Naccache, Professor at the Psychosomatic School of the Pitié-Salpêtrière 'There are five themes in the book, each illustrated with vignettes. Together, you get a clear picture of what, I would say, is the third generation of psychosomatics. [...] I have read this book with pleasure. The chosen cases well illustrate the breadth of Stora’s approach. His practical advice and the appendices are down to earth and I think usable. Solms’s recommendations for the first two books are also applicable to this book: a worthwhile read.' -- H. S. K. Boerboom, Neuropsychoanalysis, Apr 2024