Kirjahaku

Probes the emotional causes and effects of abnormal eating patterns and presents case histories of patients with weight problems

Hilde Bruch sets out to accomplish what has, until now, been virtually impossible—the teaching of psychotherapy by use of the written word, communicating the wisdom of a lifetime. Perhaps Dr. Bruch’s unique success at a task that has been tried and tried again, only to result in stereotyped dos and don’ts, stems from her own learning experiences with two great teachers: Harry Stack Sullivan and Frieda Fromm-Reichmann.Dr. Bruch shares her knowledge of the essential purpose of intensive psychotherapy as it has been shaped over her many years as a psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and teacher. She sets forth a theoretical frame in straightforward and unmystical language without minimizing the complexities of demand that therapy makes on both patient and therapist.The reader accompanies the therapist from his first encounter with the stranger who comes to him with his trouble through the various steps that lead to the resolution of the problems. The patient is viewed as a participant in a multifaceted system of many experiences and people, not as an individual isolated from the world around him. In Dr. Bruch’s conception, psychotherapy is a situation where two people interact and try to come to an understanding of one another, with the specific goal of accomplishing something beneficial for the complaining person. The factors that help or hinder the attainment of this interaction are spelled out in the book, and the entire process of learning psychotherapy is thereby illuminated.

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.

?Hilde Bruch verdeutlicht uns die Paradoxien des "Rätsels Magersucht". Dabei kommt ihr ihre enorme klinische Erfahrung mit dieser Patientengruppe zu Hilfe: Sie gilt heute mit Recht als eine, vielleicht die internationale Autorität auf dem Gebiet der Eßstörungen. Zugleich führt sie uns in die schwierigen Probleme ein, die uns die Therapie dieser Mädchen aufgibt. An diese Probleme tritt sie als eine Analytikerin heran, die sich im Laufe ihres Lebens für viele Entwicklungen und neue Erkenntnisse offengehalten hat. Insbesondere Harry Stack Sullivan, ihr großer Lehrmeister, eröffnete ihr den Blick für das zwischenmenschliche, und das heißt vor allem: familiäre Spannungsfeld, in dem viele schwer gestörte und vor allem auch eßgestörte Patienten zu leben haben.? Prof. Dr. Dr. Helm Stierlin