Possibilities for in-patient psychotherapy of anorexia and bulimia

Author(s): Loos, G.

Journal/Book: Musiktherapeutische Umschau. 1989; 10: STUTTGART. G. Fischer Verlag. 209-218.

Abstract: In-patient psychotherapy of anorexia and bulimia. Part I of the article introduces the in-patient treatment concept practised at the Psychotherapy Clinic in Stuttgart-Sonnenberg, South Germany. The various methods of approach are presented and specific features of the long-term (9-month) haspital treatment discussed, with particular refernece to its regression promoting elements and the transference effects it produces. In part II gertrud Katja Loos presents a form of treatment for anorexia nervosa that is integrated in the general concept described in Part I. As well as music therapy - which here focuses on the experience of sound and rhythm - it involves body awareness, focussing on the experience of what is exterior to the body.

Keyword(s): Long-term-effects, transference, in-patient, anorexia-nervosa, bulimia-nervosa.

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