GLOSSARY

aggregation: Just as the sky is studded with stars that aggregate into constellations, behavioral problems, neuroses, and so on, arise from an assemblage of several simultaneously active conflicts.

biodecoding therapy: A form of therapy founded on biology and not on psychology (which is an extension of biology). Biodecoding therapy is founded on biological laws and on the active participation of the patient. By understanding the hidden threads that led to his illness, the patient, master of his own health, will discover the felt sense that has manifested biologically inside him. Bringing the emotion into consciousness, the reframing, and the healing phase are some of the means of reorienting the patient toward a choice of health.

conflict: Tension in the whole person so that an adaptive solution is found when one is faced with the unexpected and the inexpressible.

ectoblast = ectoderm = ecto = Fourth membrane layer of the embryo, from which the most recently evolved organs develop.

endoblast = entoblast = endoderm = endo = First membrane layer of the embryo, from which the primordial organs develop.

mesoblast = mesoderm = primordial meso + new meso = Second and third membrane layers of the embryo.

NLP (Neuro-Linguistic Programming): Involves an approach to communication and to change that concentrates more on the structure of the subjective experience rather than on its content. It has multiple applications (once communication actually begins); in therapy, the focus is more on the how (I do what I do in becoming ill) than the why (I’m not well). In a word, how do I construct my experience of reality? NLP is also a powerful tool kit for change. By acting on the structure of the experience (mental representations and limiting beliefs, for example) one’s relation to the world and one’s worldview are transformed.

normotonia: The normal tonus of our being, either before any stress has taken place or after the healing period is over.

orthosympathicotonia = sympathicotonia = stress phase = First phase of illness.

parasympathicotonia = vagotonia = healing phase = Second phase of illness.