title: Body-image therapy.
abstract: Body image is a complex interplay of factors resulting in a sense of the body perceived by that individual. In eating-disorder clients, there is a distortion between their perceived image of their body and its actuality. This is combined with a sense of dissatisfaction and alienation of mind and body. Cognitive, right-brain, and kinesthetic strategies are described that seek to decrease distortion and dissatisfaction and facilitates individuation-separation and a reintegration of the self. These strategies are both therapeutic and evaluative. Cultural expectations of women have had a profound impact on the proliferation of eating disorders, and they account for the fact that body distortion is found in both normal and eating-disordered women.
authors.affiliation: Greenbrier Hospital, Covington, Louisiana.
authors.forename: K D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001828:Body Image; D003469:Culture; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis; D008297:Male; D011613:Psychotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D012649:Self Concept; D012727:Sex Characteristics