The Conscious Body: A Psychoanalytic Exploration of the Body in Therapy - Elisha, Perrin
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Perrin Elisha delves into the underlying bias in psychology and psychotherapy that views the mind and body as separate, and that views the mind as having a higher status than the body in all contexts. Elisha confronts the fact that most people in Western contemporary culturepsychologists as well as lay peoplehave come to think of psychological space, what we think of as consciousness, as somehow not really being located in the body.The author's lively examination of the mindbody split moves from the classical ideas all the way up through Western history to modern psychology and the intriguing…mehr

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Perrin Elisha delves into the underlying bias in psychology and psychotherapy that views the mind and body as separate, and that views the mind as having a higher status than the body in all contexts. Elisha confronts the fact that most people in Western contemporary culturepsychologists as well as lay peoplehave come to think of psychological space, what we think of as consciousness, as somehow not really being located in the body.The author's lively examination of the mindbody split moves from the classical ideas all the way up through Western history to modern psychology and the intriguing findings of neuropsychology. A rigorous, metapsychological review of the evolution of a central idea in psychology, this book not only enlightens readers to the unconscious biases in their own thinking, but points to a new way to view the mindand all the brilliant complexity of consciousnessas embodied.
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Perrin Elisha, PhD, is a psychologist maintaining a private practice in Los Angeles, California, specializing in the treatment of health, body image, and eating concerns. She is currently on the organizing and planning committee and teaching faculty of the Los Angeles Eating Disorders Study Center and Training Program. She is also a former staff member of several inpatient and substance treatment centers, where she led groups related to mind–body integration and recovery from eating disorders.   She is a psychoanalytic candidate at the New Center for Psychoanalysis as well as a graduate of the Wright Institute of Los Angeles postdoctoral program. She holds a master's degree in transpersonal psychology from the Institute of Transpersonal Psychology and a doctorate degree in clinical and depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Before becoming a psychologist, Dr. Elisha completed certification in emotionally focused bodywork and a degree in psychobiology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.