Eating disorders

A characteristic feature of eating disorders is the difficulty patients have in recognising that they are suffering from problems with food, most often severely debilitating ones. The fluctuating relationship with one’s reflection in the mirror and the mood swings typical of these disorders can make it extremely difficult to bring the problem into focus, hindering or greatly delaying the moment of seeking help. The subject at war with their body does not know why: psychoanalysis can take up this question and allow the coils of language to make room not for a truce, but for peace.

Alongside this, I offer counselling for the parents of minors with eating disorders, as well as for those who are wondering whether their child may have a problem of this kind. Eating disorders are common even among very young patients, and support and understanding from the family are extremely important in these cases.