H Van Hootegem
Can homeopathy learn something from psychoanalysis?
Homeopathy, 2007, 96 (2), 108-112
This paper attempts to demonstrate how some insights from psychoanalysis can be useful in homeopathic treatment. I discuss three concepts:(1) The working alliance: comparing medical alliance with a psychodynamic alliance.(2) The dream-function: serious somatic disorders can be the result of a blocked dream function, the restoration of the capacity to dream may lead to the disappearance of these disorders, homeopathy can help in this process.(3) The transgenerational influence: some traumatic, concealed events from the lives of ancestors can influence their descendants.I illustrate these concepts with the case of a 23-year-old woman with chronic fatigue syndrome.
