{"id":11612,"date":"2023-05-12T10:37:47","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T10:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/?p=11612"},"modified":"2023-05-12T15:06:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:06:55","slug":"therapy-in-psychosomatics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurelis.org\/blog\/coaching\/therapy-in-psychosomatics","title":{"rendered":"Therapy in Psycho-Somatics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Scientific evidence shows a huge influence of the mind in many psycho-somatic domains, yet little of this shows in practice. How can we best translate scientific insights into using the mind as cure?<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Mind-body unity<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you haven\u2019t yet made the step toward mind-body unity (not as two parts but two views upon one unity), please read mind=body breakthrough<\/a>. You can also find much related information in my book Your Mind as Cure<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I use the term psycho-somatics for any health issue in which both views upon the mind-body unity should be taken into account. Toward this, it\u2019s helpful to be convinced of the mind\u2019s influence on the body. Let\u2019s go over this in a few hyperlinked streaks, then look into sense and non-sense of psychotherapy\/coaching in the domain of psycho-somatics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evidence of the mind\u2019s influence toward illness<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Apart from what is generally seen as psycho-somatic, immense explanatory gaps<\/a> remain in healthcare. Many of these are implicitly concealed using terms as \u2018essential.\u2019 \u2018idiopathic,\u2019 \u2018functional,\u2019 and more recently also \u2018medically unexplained syndromes<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also, many somatic illnesses are caused by factors that are themselves mind-related. For instance, diabetes mellitus<\/a> (the usual kind) mainly originates in obesity, stress, and\/or genetics. The two former causes are themselves at least frequently mind-related. With a psychogenic cause, the consequence may also be seen as such. Thus, roughly estimated, some 40% of patient consults in a general practice are for mainly mind-related issues<\/a>. This may be substantially more with a broad definition of psycho-somatics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Even so, much of what is known in research doesn\u2019t find its way into practice. For instance, in the field of angina pectoris<\/a> \/ heart infarctions \u2015 frequently leading to unnecessary treatments<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Evidence of the mind\u2019s influence toward healing<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The true placebo effect (apart from natural disease evolution) plays a huge role as has been proven robustly and significantly in medication<\/a>, surgery<\/a>, and other medical procedures. For instance, see my contribution in Montreal on the domain of chronic pain<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This amply proves the possibility of effectively using the mind as cure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then why is psychotherapy not more helpful?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although talking cures<\/em> are generally helpful toward feeling better, conceptual psychotherapeutic methodologies<\/a> (this is, apart from the non-specific factors common to most talking cures ) fail to robustly show significant effectiveness upon the relief of bodily symptoms in psychosomatic domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That should be no surprise. Such methodologies as they have sociohistorically been developed generally have little relevance to mental-neuronal patterns beyond a conceptually constructed level (see also Constructionism<\/a>). Thus, they logically stand apart from the body and far from having a significant bodily influence beyond non-specific elements. This way, psychotherapy’s doors <\/a>are closed<\/a> in this respect<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To open them, we need to go to deeper insights, right into the working of the brain and an underlying reality beneath artificial constructions<\/a>. Astonishingly, much from the neurocognitive science<\/a> domain is already applicable but in need of a correct translation toward healthcare. If that gets profoundly realized, much great stuff (healthcare heaven?) lies around the corner<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to reach the body from the mind?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that several explanations of the placebo effect have been given, but all boil down to autosuggestion<\/a>. One can relate this to how the brain works at the basic level of meaningfulness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this level, the brain is a multilevel giant pattern recognizer<\/a> and a \u2018predictive machine<\/a>\u2019 in continual pattern recognition and completion. This is profoundly relevant to patterns in health<\/a> \u2015 also, to patterns in relation to the placebo<\/a>. As said, this has not been validated in psychotherapeutic methodologies until now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As you may know, much has been worked out in AURELIS-coaching. Crucial to understand from the start is that this isn\u2019t just some different kind of coaching<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A future challenge<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In my view, the most important factor why the mind is not brought forward much more in the management of many psycho-somatic fields is still cultural. We are still waiting for a mental paradigm shift<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This may \u2013 hopefully \u2013 soon revolve toward a much greater appreciation of Inner Strength<\/a>. From then, the challenge will lie in realizing this Compassionately<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May we get support from Compassionate A.I.<\/a>?<\/p>\n

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