Under the Skin: A Psychoanalytic Study of Body Modification Review

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(More customer reviews)I found this book to be very wordy.This lady loves to hear herself talk and has to use as many big words as possible in order to make sure that the reader feels like she must be smart so she must know what she's talking about.
It seems to me that this book is less about how "heavily modified" people got to be the way they are and more about what the author seems to think is "wrong" with these people.
I was dissappointed and would ask for a refund if it were possible.

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Under the Skin considers the motivation behind why people pierce, tattoo, cosmetically enhance, or otherwise modify their body, from a psychoanalytic perspective. It discusses how the therapist can understand and help individuals for whom the manipulation of the body is felt to be psychically necessary, regardless of whether the process of modification causes pain.In this book, psychoanalyst Alessandra Lemma draws on her work in the consulting room, as well as films, fiction, art and clinical research to suggest that the motivation for extensively modifying the surface of the body, and being excessively preoccupied with its appearance, comes from the person's internal world - under their skin. Topics covered include:

body image disturbance
appearance anxiety
body dysmorphic disorder
the psychological function of cosmetic surgery, tattooing, piercing, and scarification.

Under the Skin provides a detailed study of the challenges posed by our embodied nature through an exploration of the unconscious phantasies that underlie the need for body modification, making it essential reading for all clinicians working with those who are preoccupied with their appearance and modify their bodies including psychotherapists, counsellors, psychiatrists and psychologists.

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