SIPRe in the international context: contributions at the International Federation of Psychoanalytic Societies (IFPS) Forum
17 July 2025
Vol. 36 No. s1 (2025)
The adolescent body in the group psychotherapy room: a complex challenge
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On an epidemiological level, in the post-pandemic scenario, feeding and eating disorders (FED) are clinically emerging as for severity and diffuseness among adolescents. These disorders probably pose a challenge to psychoanalysis, starting from the name itself. They are collocated in a border area between bodily and mental subjectiveness, society and culture, which makes them a significant example of the interlaced aspects of individuality, family, and socio-historic context. What search for meaning does the adolescent body bring into the analytical room? In this complex unity called human being, which position can be assumed and which challenges can be faced by a traditionally talking-centered cure? Can the body be properly listened to? This contribution wishes to pose questions starting from reflections and clinical vignettes taken from a group psychotherapy with adolescents with FED.
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