Fat Lady Sings - A Psychological Exploration of Cultural Fat Complex Its Effects

List of contents

Introduction The silent woman -- Life in the panopticon -- The war on obesity: a cultural complex at work -- When a body meets a body: fat enters the consulting room -- Dancing with Marion Woodman: searching for meaning -- Woodman, my mother, and me -- Woodman and anger, food, eating, and control -- A last look at Woodman -- Memory, shame, and the fat body—pulling it all together -- My body, my self: toward a theory of fat and trauma -- Back to the consulting room: blind spots and remedies -- Coming out as fat

About the author

Cheryl Fuller, PhD, is a Jungian psychotherapist living on the coast of Maine. She has her doctorate in Jungian Studies and has had many years of study and training at various Jung institutes, as well as in Jungian analysis. She brings over forty years of clinical experience, humuor and enthusiasm to the study of Jung, psychotherapy, feminism, and fat studies. She has a private practice for individuals in Maine and online.

Summary

This book examines the so-called War on Obesity as an example of a cultural complex, how that complex shapes the way fat is treated in psychotherapy, including the classical Jungian approach to fat, as written by Marion Woodman. It looks at the experience of being fat as an ongoing trauma.

Product details

• Authors: Fuller, Cheryl Fuller, Fuller Cheryl
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9780367327859
• ISBN: 978-0-367-32785-9
• No. of pages: 214
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; PSYCHOLOGY / Social Psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychopathology / Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy, Eating disorders & therapy, Social, group or collective psychology, Eating disorders and therapy, Eating Disorders, Analytical and Jungian psychology, Analytical & Jungian psychology, PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Jungian, Individual Psychotherapy, Jung and Analytical Psychology