Our luncheon is generously sponsored by Recovery Road Medical Center.
The wish to modify the body comes from the unconscious experiences of envy and emptiness before it is made into a conscious act. Cosmetic surgery and eating disorders are viewed acceptable in society which may interfere with the taxing effort to understand and conceivably resolve the unconscious subjective meanings of envy and emptiness that lead to body modification, starvation, bingeing and purging and binge eating. Unformulated experiences are absent of language and the result is that the experience stays in the body and the body speaks what the mind cannot digest.
The process of psychodynamic psychotherapy provides the potential space for talking about anything that comes to mind and the clinician helps the patient find meaning and feeling in their words. Addressing the unconscious experiences of envy and emptiness with reflexive listening allows for thinking psychologically rather than concretely, which will result in new and useful information to broaden a patient’s awareness. This presentation will provide an in depth look at these ideas within the case material of a 25 year old patient who engages in eating disorder behavior and cosmetics surgery.
Learning Objectives:
Angela R. Wurtzel, MA, LMFT, CEDS-S, has been in private practice in Santa Barbara CA for 21 years, specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, self injury, compulsive shopping and prenatal and postpartum concerns for mothers and their babies and children. Angela offers individual, group and family psychodynamic psychotherapy both in person and virtually. Angela is an iaedp certified eating disorder specialist and approved supervisor. She frequently provides supervision, consultation and presentations nationally and locally. Angela has also served on CAMFT, AAMFT & IAEDP local board of directors.
Big thank you to our luncheon sponsor Recovery Road Medical Center.
Please Note:
Register now for the SBCAMFT luncheon on April 10, 2019 at 11:30 AM at The University Club, 1332 Santa Barbara Street, Santa Barbara, CA 93101.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Warm regards,
Rebecca Capps, Programs Director
Santa Barbara Chapter of CAMFT
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