Psychosomatika pro lékaře, psychoterapeuty i laiky – Poněšický Jan (2025)

Why and how does the body react to psychological stress?
Why do we abuse our bodies?
Who is to blame for psychosomatic illnesses?
Why are we afraid of psychotherapy?
Do individual patient issues and genetic predispositions determine the emergence of psychosomatic illnesses, or do civilizational influences and social conditions also play a role?

All these questions are answered by MUDr. PhDr. Jan Poněšický, Ph.D. – a doctor, psychologist, psychotherapist, and psychoanalyst. He outlines the connections between the biological functioning of our body and the psyche in response to stressful situations. Patients and doctors often limit themselves to searching for physical causes of illnesses. They then use medications that only address the resulting symptoms for harmonization. However, the true mental essence of the disease remains hidden and untreated. So, will we seek the causes of persistent headaches in bones and muscles, or rather in unresolved personal issues? Jan Poněšický provides a psychotherapeutically expert yet generally understandable explanation. The book summarizes the current views of doctors and psychologists dealing with psychosomatic connections of diseases, while also conveying the author's long-standing experiences in this oldest (and yet most modern) field...