Open AccessThe Body Responds
Author(s) -
Emma Green,
Margot Solomon
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2253-5853
pISSN - 2253-5845
DOI - 10.9791/ajpanz.2020.03
Subject(s) - metaphor , psychodynamics , poetry , psychoanalysis , psychology , anorexia nervosa , supervisor , psychotherapist , countertransference , aesthetics , epistemology , social psychology , literature , art , philosophy , eating disorders , linguistics , clinical psychology , management , economics
The first author uses a hermeneutic approach to reflect on her somatic experiences with clients diagnosed with Anorexia Nervosa. Using poetry, imagery, and metaphor, as well as understandings drawn from the psychodynamic literature, she attempts to convey something of the nature of her journey towards making sense of her experiences. The second author was the supervisor of the first author’s dissertation, from which this article arose.