Rethinking Bulimic Dissociation: A Self-Psychology Approach to Client Conceptualization and Treatment of Bulimia

Rebecca Heselmeyer; Rebecca Milner

Rethinking Bulimic Dissociation: A Self-Psychology Approach to Client Conceptualization and Treatment of Bulimia

Rebecca Heselmeyer
, Rebecca Milner

James Madison University

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Abstract

Clinicians have long acknowledged the difficulty of treating bulimia. Even the most effective interventions for bulimia fail to help a substantial number of clients. This session offers an alternate approach to the conceptualization and treatment of bulimic clients. Empirical research has linked dissociation and bulimia, and dissociation is commonly understood to function as a defense. This session will explain core concepts in self-psychology to reveal a second function of dissociation in bulimia. Resulting implications for counselors and specific counseling interventions will be discussed, in addition to the broader application of self-psychology theory for other mental health disorders in which dissociation is present. APA CE credit available.

Original language	American English
State	Published - Mar 25 2011
Event	American Counseling Association Conference - San Francisco, CA Duration: Mar 1 2012 → …

Conference

Conference	American Counseling Association Conference
Period	3/1/12 → …

Keywords

bulimic dissociation

Disciplines

Counseling

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