Eating Disorders: Empathy, Alexithymia, Reflective Function

AUG 16, 202480 MIN
Psychiatry & Psychotherapy Podcast

Eating Disorders: Empathy, Alexithymia, Reflective Function

AUG 16, 202480 MIN

Description

Eating disorders are often understood through a medical or behavioral lens, focusing on symptom reduction. But what if we’ve overlooked something deeper—something rooted in the complex emotional lives of our patients? In this episode, Dr. Tom Wooldridge, a psychoanalyst and expert in eating disorders, joins Dr. David Puder to explore the psychoanalytic perspective on treating these conditions.