Mind, brain and body. Healing trauma: the way forward. Issue 4 (September 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wilkinson, Margaret
• Is Part Of: Journal of analytical psychology. Volume 62:Issue 4(2017:Sep.)
• Page Start: 526
• Page End: 543
• Publication Date: 2017-09
• Subjects: affective -- body -- brain -- connectivity -- embodied -- mind -- relational -- trauma; traumatisme -- esprit -- cerveau -- corps -- relationnel -- incarné -- affectif -- connectivité; Trauma -- Geist -- Gehirn -- Körper -- relational -- verkörpert -- affektiv -- Konnektivität; trauma -- mente -- cervello -- corpo -- relazionale -- corporeo -- affettivo -- connettività; травма -- психика -- мозг -- тело -- отношения -- воплощенный -- аффективный -- связность; trauma -- mente -- cerebro -- cuerpo -- relacional -- corporizado -- afectivo -- conectividad; 创伤 -- 心 -- 脑 -- 身 -- 关系的 -- 具身 -- 情绪 -- 联通性; Jungian psychology -- Periodicals; 131.3405
• DOI: 10.1111/1468-5922.12335
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0021-8774

Abstract

Abstract: The paper explores an interdisciplinary whole person approach to healing from trauma that conserves our rich inheritance from Jung but also takes on board insights from research in the areas of attachment, trauma and the neurobiology of emotion. It is now over 20 years since insights from neurobiology began to be used to inform clinical practice. The paper reviews key insights which have emerged, along with the ways they enable therapists to help mind, brain and body to heal and the ways in which they clarify why, in clinical practice, we do what we do. Traditionally the emphasis has been on words, interpretations, and meaning‐making. Currently there is greater appreciation of the affective, relational, embodied aspects of therapeutic work and the way in which these relate to traumatic early interactive experience that is held outside of human awareness. The ways in which knowledge of particular systems of connectivity inform understanding of the whole mind‐brain‐body relationship are examined. The way forward for clinical practice to become more focused in order to help clients to heal in mind and body is reviewed.