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Hungers and Compulsions
. Ed(S): Petrucelli, Jean; Stuart, Catherine
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Description for Hungers and Compulsions
hardcover. Helps therapists understand and treat patients suffering from mild to dangerous forms of eating disorders as well as other compulsions and addictions, such as alcoholism and erotic attachments. This book includes essays which explore the problems that arise in therapy such as dissociation, self-regulation, self-destructive behavior, and enactment. Editor(s): Petrucelli, Jean; Stuart, Catherine. Num Pages: 392 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: MMJT; MMZD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 817.
This book will help therapists understand and treat patients suffering from mild to dangerous forms of eating disorders, other compulsions and addictions, such as alcoholism, and even erotic attachments. The chapters help therapists think creatively about these types of patients who are coming to therapy more frequently than ever, and to see the effects of treatment. The problems that arise in therapy are explored in essays about dissociation, self-regulation, self-destructive behavior, enactment, and other clinical issues. The first half of the book addresses specific problems associated with patients who have eating disorders. The editors explore the ... Read more
This book will help therapists understand and treat patients suffering from mild to dangerous forms of eating disorders, other compulsions and addictions, such as alcoholism, and even erotic attachments. The chapters help therapists think creatively about these types of patients who are coming to therapy more frequently than ever, and to see the effects of treatment. The problems that arise in therapy are explored in essays about dissociation, self-regulation, self-destructive behavior, enactment, and other clinical issues. The first half of the book addresses specific problems associated with patients who have eating disorders. The editors explore the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Jason Aronson Inc. Publishers United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Northvale NJ, United States
ISBN
9780765703187
SKU
V9780765703187
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Ref
99-15
About . Ed(S): Petrucelli, Jean; Stuart, Catherine
Jean Petrucelli, Ph.D., F.P.P.R., is co-founder and co-director of Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse Service, and is supervisor of psychotherapy, teaching faculty, William Alanson White Institute. Catherine Stuart, Ph.D., is co-founder and co-director of Eating Disorders and Substance Abuse Service, and supervising analyst, teaching faculty, William Alanson White Institute. Dr. Stuart is also on faculty at the Postgraduate ... Read more
Reviews for Hungers and Compulsions
Hungers and Compulsions, written primarily by colleagues who espouse an interpersonal/relational perspective, will be of interest to clinicians who follow other approaches as well. The reader is offered vivid accounts of close encounters with very challenging patients. Two leitmotifs of the book are the place of insight vs. affective engagement in the curative process, and the love-hate relationship with Freud ... Read more