Healing and the invention of metaphor: toward a poetics of illness experience
Auteur :
Kirmayer, Laurence J.
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781009617796
Date de publication :
31 juil. 2025
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This book presents an integrative approach to the place of language, metaphor, imagination, and symbolic action in illness experience and diverse forms of healing and psychotherapy. It will interest anyone who seeks to better understand how language shapes symptoms and suffering, and how metaphors can help or hinder healing transformations.