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from Publisher's Weekly: This posthumous collection of case material illustrates the treatment modality successfully employed by psychiatrist Bruch with patients suffering from the eating disorder of anorexia. Two of her associates at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston have edited this final work, taped by the author before her death in 1984. Bruch makes the reader privy to the therapeutic transaction between her patients who are in what she describes as ""the relentless pursuit of thinness.'' Emphasizing the conversational ambiance of the therapy and discounting heretofore unsuccessful approaches of psychoanalysis and behavior modification, she helped her patients to heal. The dramatic dialogues in the cases presented allow us to hear these desperate young anorexic women individually explore their thwarted development, under the direction of a compassionate physician who guides them towards wellness. from Library Journal: Psychiatrist Bruch was a pioneer in developing psychotherapy for anorexia victims. Author of half a dozen books, her first work, Eating Disorders , appeared 15 years ago. She taped her interactions with clients, and these form the nucleus of this final book. Bruch's strength is her straightforward writing: it is honest, simple, and effective.

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Case histories with comment, from a pioneer in the psychoanalytically-based treatment of anorexia nervosa. Bruch (Eating Disorders, 1973; The Golden Cage, 1978) died in 1984; her work here has been edited posthumously. Extensive reporting of actual patient interviews allows readers a view of therapeutic work with Bruch's own patients. Bruch's aim was liberating patients from the distorting influences of their early experiences in order to help the anorexic patient in her search of autonomy and self-directed identity by evoking awareness of impulses, feelings, and needs that originated within. The editors have arranged the material so that the expository and case materials illustrate specific issues in the dynamics and treatment of anorexia nervosa. Hence, chapters address such topics as evaluation, Getting Involved, The Unwilling Patient, and so on. A competent arrangement of valuable last instruction from an expert, principally of use to those involved in therapy and treatment. (Kirkus Reviews)

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