A Psychotherapeutic Understanding of Eating Disorders in Children and Young People

This important book shows how psychotherapy can address severe eating disorders in children and young people, illustrating the ways an imprisoned self can be released from suffering. The book features a range of case studies while addressing core issues such as self-harm, hallucinations and the threat of suicide, as well as related topics such as depression and psychosis.

Key Features

• Illustrates the psychological roots to eating disorders.
• Places therapy within hospital, clinical and multi-disciplinary contexts.
• Displays how psychoanalytic theory can be applied across various settings and in different teams.
• Written by an eminent author in the field.

Additional Information

This will be a key text for anyone wishing to understand eating disorders in children from a psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic dimension.