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Bulimia in Brief Dynamic Psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Chiesa Marco
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
british journal of psychotherapy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.442
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 1752-0118
pISSN - 0265-9883
DOI - 10.1111/j.1752-0118.1990.tb01286.x
Subject(s) - psychology , psychodynamics , psychotherapist , binge eating , psychodynamic psychotherapy , psychoanalysis , eating disorders , clinical psychology
SUMMARY. In this paper I present some aspects of a brief psychoanalytically‐oriented psychotherapy with a 25‐year‐old single woman presenting with a longstanding history of bulimia and who was subjected to early traumatisation. In particular, the three main psychodynamic features which emerged during treatment are described. The finding that her binge‐eating stopped after the assessment and before formal therapy started remains only partially explicable but some possible underlying factors are discussed. At two years follow‐up the patient remains improved.