Eating Disorders: A Contemporary Introduction

ISBN-13: 9780367861209 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 192 str.

Tom Wooldridge

Opis

This book presents an accessible introduction to the conceptualization and treatment of eating disorders from a psychoanalytic perspective.

Spis treści

Introduction, 1. Alexithymia and the Psychic Elaboration of Emotion, 2. Early Relationships, Object Relations and Traumatic Themes, 3. Traumatic Themes, Repetition, and Mourning, 4. Abjection and Bodily Disgust, 5. Body-Mind Dissociation and False Bodies, 6. Gender, Culture, and Desire, 7. Affect Regulation, Dissociation, and Body Imaginings, 8. The Role of the Father and the Paternal Function, 9. Eating Disorders in Cyberspace

O autorze

Tom Wooldridge is an associate professor of psychology, psychoanalyst, and board-certified, licensed psychologist. He has published numerous journal articles on a range of topics as well as several books.