The term 'psychosomatic' conveys the idea of connections between the mind and the soma. These are also conceived between an organic pathology and a mental pathology, between the real and the imaginary, and oppose the separation of the body and mind. A bond is established through a relational situation, through words, and is based on values upheld by the caregivers such as humanity, individual commitment to the patient. Thereby created, it will found a relational psychosomatic dimension. This therapeutic approach consists in seeing the relationship rather than the division.
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