Abstract
Abstract Cultural foundations, beliefs and associated ritual practices delimit the relation to and the representation and lived experience of the body in specific ways. Language is the means through which the cultural specificity of both individual and shared mental content can be explored and worked with in therapy. This article presents beliefs about the body in a patient’s religion of origin and takes up the question of the role of the cultural dimension in psychosomatic phenomena. A case report gives indications of a novel therapeutic approach to this theme and highlights the intrinsic connection between cultural belonging and embodiment. Both the two-year long clinical intervention and analysis are grounded in transcultural and psychodynamic theories. The analysis shows how important it is to be aware of the patients’ cultural background and the resonance of history in the patients’ civilization.
Highlights
THE MINGLING OF CULTURESOn the multicultural island of Réunion, the mingling of identities continues to be represented in a active manner, in a constant dialogue among a shared collective culture, individual beliefs, and realignments specific to the lived experience of the body.This cultural mix is constructed first and foremost from the original cultures of those who were immigrants, but it does not occur in a simple, fluid, or linear process
The rules in force at the time when slaves were imported onto an island that was already inhabited have functioned as limits on the expression, perpetuation and transmission of the majority of cultures
In a dual perspective involving psychology and culture, to calm his massive infantile lived experience –which involved a restructuring of overpowering parental figures –the patient could consent to situating himself differently, thereby succeeding in accepting his history and what he had forgotten or ignored about the protagonists of his existence
Summary
Ingrid Rassaby-Darsanesing , Antoine Bioy1, 3, *, Jean-Claude Lavaud1, 4, & Christelle Viodé. A case report gives indications of a novel therapeutic approach to this theme and highlights the intrinsic connection between cultural belonging and embodiment. Both the two-year long clinical intervention and analysis are grounded in transcultural and psychodynamic theories. A Pertinência de uma Abordagem Clínica Transcultural a Distúrbios Psicossomáticos na Ilha Réunion. Este artigo apresenta as crenças sobre o corpo segundo a religião de origem de um paciente e levanta a questão do papel da dimensão cultural no fenômeno psicossomático. Um relato de caso dá indicações de uma nova abordagem terapêutica para esse tema e destaca a conexão intrínseca entre pertencimento cultural e corporificação. PALAVRAS-CHAVE: cultura, corporificação, linguagem, distúrbio psicossomático, Ilha Réunion
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