The man with anti-retching candies: an unusual somatization

A man comes to therapy with a retching symptom (without nausea or vomiting) that has been affecting his daily life for the past 30 years. Despite several therapies, both medical and psychological, the symptom has never reduced. In the presentation I will show how the IS-TDP‘s work on resistance and some unlockings of the unconscious allowed him to combine the cognitive understanding of his own mental functioning, acquired in previous therapies, with a more emotional understanding. This leads to a massive reduction of the retching symptom. I will highlight the steps from symptoms to inner conflict to resolution, emphasizing how to dissolve past traumas.