Iolanda Faustino

Case Report: From somatic pain to shared narrative—mentalization and intergenerational trauma in a transcultural group consultation

Introduction Somatic symptoms in migrant and trauma-affected young people often resist a strictly biomedical reading. Trauma, forced migration and family silences may disrupt the parental reflective function, leaving experience unsymbolized and the body as the primary site of expression. Group-based transcultural consu...