Editorial

Abstract

Many of us who have come to this area have done so through individual exploration, seeking to respond to what we see in consultation. Clinical practice undoubtedly places us face to face with the need to count on tools to treat the person as a whole and not just as a series of tissues.

In this search, it has been fascinating to corroborate how the body can be a central gateway for working with the contents we have classified as mental. I am convinced that the approach to mental health is seriously undermined when we marginalize corporality. Anyone who has worked with severe mental health problems will have been able to see how at the core of these problems there is an experience of splitting, in which connecting with one's body becomes a basic and necessary anchor on the path to integration as individuals. This applies to all of us as human beings.