@article{Neto, author = {Neto, Alfredo Naffah}, title = {The imaginative elaboration of body functioning and maternal holding: Winnicott and the formation of the psyche-soma}, series = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 22 (No. 1, 2013), pp. 60-66.}, journal = {International Forum of Psychoanalysis, Abingdon (Routledge - Taylor and Francis) Vol. 22 (No. 1, 2013), pp. 60-66.}, abstract = {Since the concept of imaginative elaboration of body functioning, which is essential to Winnicott's idea of psyche-soma, has rarely been investigated up to now, this article sets out to do this and tries to pursue the meaning and articulation of that concept in the corpus of Winnicott's theory. In this way, it contributes to bringing the body to the core of psychoanalytical theory.}, language = {en} }