Attachment, Relationships and Food: From Cradle to Kitchen

ISBN-13: 9780367561314 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 204 str.

Linda Cundy

Opis

Using attachment theory as a lens for understanding the role of food in our everyday lives, this book explores relationships with other people, with ourselves, and between client and therapist, through our connection with food.

Spis treści

1. The last supper: attachment, loss . . . and food  2. “He’s got a good appetite”: how do men experience attachment and food?  3. Food and feelings  4. “Let food be thy medicine”: the impact of nutrition on mental well-being  5. Overcoats, burning buildings and planks of wood: an integrated attachment-based approach to working with eating disorders  6. Dysfunctional eating in recovering addicts: a therapist’s shift to an attachment-focused approach  7. Kitchen Therapy: cooking for connection and belonging  8. Food in the consulting room  9. Guess who’s coming to dinner: culture, community, identity . . . and food

O autorze

Linda Cundy is an attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist, supervisor, independent trainer and author. She is the Attachment Theory Consultant to the Bowlby Centre in London.