From Personality Structure to Organization of Self: How Do the Organs Contribute to Illness or Health?

FOUR SUNDAYS ONLINE WITH JAMES DYSON, MD

James Dyson, MD, will address the eternal psychosomatic dilemma: how physical/organic constitutions influence the psychological expression of our individuality and vice-versa. The continuum of mental health, from embodied resilience to psychological and emotional distress, including the influence of social and cultural factors in child development, will be explored, offering a general background for an appreciation of autoimmunity. He will also consider: the challenges facing collaboration between physicians and therapists, referencing some specific diagnoses, the types of medicine commonly used in treatment of psychological states and their possible impact on the therapeutic process. He will also address some of the inner challenges involved in strengthening the Organization of Self (the I-organization), exploring what is meant by confronting the threshold at the present time and its resulting challenges for personal development.