The Anorexic’s World in Psychoanalysis: Internal Drama and External Corruption

Author(s) : Emily Krestow

The Anorexic’s World in Psychoanalysis: Internal Drama and External Corruption

Book Details

  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Published : 2026
  • Cover : Paperback
  • Pages : 136
  • Category :
    Psychoanalysis
  • Category 2 :
    Eating Disorders
  • Catalogue No : 98571
  • ISBN 13 : 9781032867526
  • ISBN 10 : 1032867523

Table of Contents

Introduction

Part I: Inner Drama and External Corruption
1. The Inner World of the Anorexic
2. External Corruption: The Anorexic’s Outer World
3. Agency and Empowerment

Part II: Treatment
4. Outer Submission/Inner Defiance
5. Collaboration: The Therapeutic Alliance
6. Mentalization
7. The Art of Listening

Part III: Analysis of Two Dreams
8. The Early Dream
9. The Second Dream

Afterword: Anorexics Through History and Attitudes Toward Anorexia Today

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