Influence of Psychotherapy on the Immune System in Chronic Fatigue, Robert Bosnak

Jung Society Melbourne Podcast

Chronic Fatigue is a complex, acquired condition whose cause is a topic of muchresearch and debate. The severity of symptoms vary, however, around a quarter ofpeople are unable to leave their home due to the multi-system impacts of ChronicFatigue. In this lecture, Robert shares examples of how Embodied Imagination canbe used to dream the dream onwards. By extending dreams into waking life, hispatients have the opportunity to experience dream characters and objects as bodystates. He explores how placebo responses can be reframed as a meaningfulresponse that can activate self-healing. Please note we include a question answerfrom the end of the lecture as it includes another valuable example of EmbodiedImagination.