Chair:           

Cindy Miller Aron, M.S.W., CGP, Mental Health Specialist, Samaritan

Mental Health, Corvallis, Oregon

Group offers an ideal opportunity to explore the struggles individuals with bulima face. Using symptoms metaphorically, i.e. binging- "consuming of another," abstinence- "fear of being consumed", purging- "ridding self of unwanted thoughts and feelings", patients are able to connect their interpersonal difficulties with their relationship with food. This model helps patients develop a greater capacity for self-regulation and connection with others and consequently an increased capacity to regulate their relationship with food.

sharing of work experiences-didactic-experiential-demonstration

Course References:

1. Geist, R. (1989). Self-Psychological Reflections on the Origins of Eating Disorders.

    Journal of the American Academy of Psychoanalysis, 17(1), 5-27.

2. Barath, D. & Wurman, V. (1986). Group Therapy with Bulimic Women: A Self-

    Psychological Approach. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 5(4), 735-745.

3. Klein, Bernard & Singer. (1982). Handbook of Group Psychotherapy. International

    University Press Inc.