Winnicott's Conception of True Psychosomatic Disorder

Winnicott's Conception of True Psychosomatic Disorder

Authors

  • Silvia Boccaletti IBPW/IWA

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61565/trivium.i1.387

Keywords:

Personalization, Soma, Psyche-mind, I-am

Abstract

This article addresses the Winnicottian concept of a true psychosomatic illness. For this author, every human being grows towards a psychosomatic cohesion. However, not everyone will achieve this stage of the maturational process. Our goal is to hereby highlight the means and favorable conditions that allow for this psychic achievement, which is also susceptible to being achieved and subsequently lost. We shall stress the fact that Donald Winnicott deems the true psychosomatic disorder as a powerful defense organization that acts in the sense of creating and maintaining a split between the psychic and bodily processes, thus acting against the process of personalization.

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Author Biography

Silvia Boccaletti, IBPW/IWA

Psychoanalyst (IBPW/IWA). Psychomotor therapist. Body analyst in Bioenergetics CBT–SABERJ. Affiliated with the IBA (New York Institute of Bioenergetic Analysis-2000).

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Published

2025-08-09

How to Cite

Boccaletti, S. (2025). Winnicott’s Conception of True Psychosomatic Disorder: Winnicott’s Conception of True Psychosomatic Disorder. Trivium - Estudos Interdisciplinares, (1), 060–071. https://doi.org/10.61565/trivium.i1.387