ABSTRACT

This book is for psychotherapists and would make a wise companion for anyone starting out in the profession. It entreats readers to be mindful of symptoms, how not to confuse symptoms with illness and how both can be read as paths to the deeper reaches of the psyche where the cause of illness lies.

chapter One|11 pages

Psychotherapy and health

chapter Two|13 pages

Imaginal healing

chapter Three|21 pages

Signs, symptoms, and metaphors

chapter Four|16 pages

The origins of Western medicine

chapter Five|16 pages

Apart from or a part of?

chapter Six|13 pages

The personal daimon

chapter Seven|14 pages

The daimonic bodymind

chapter Eight|15 pages

The psychophysical environment

chapter Nine|16 pages

Anima mundi—the world psyche

chapter Ten|12 pages

Dancing with the devil

chapter Eleven|6 pages

In conclusion