Eating Disorders and Magical Control of the Body : Treatment Through Art Therapy

ISBN-13: 9780415122177 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 160 str.

Mary Levens

Opis

This work is the result of the author's experience of working as an art therapist, treating patients suffering from anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa. In the course of her work, certain themes became apparent, both in the content of the patients' art as well as in their associations to it. In particular, numerous images were portrayed of one person or an animal eating another, and the theme of being potentially swallowed up in a relationship abounded.

Spis treści

1. Introduction to Magic 2. Magic and Eating 3. Magical Control of the Body 4. Body Boundaries in Eating Disordered Patients 5. Eating and the Body and Eating the Body 6. Body Boundaries in Relation to Art 7. Art and Psychic Cannibalism 8. The Therapeutic Relationship 8. Why Art? Conclusion

O autorze

Mary Levens (Author)