title: The nutrition therapist's lack of a voice.
abstract: A great deal has been written about the importance of collaboration in eating disorders treatment. An open, respectful communication between mental health professionals is considered crucial in facilitating recovery. How does this work in actuality?Why is it that so little is known about how mental health professionals working collaboratively interact?The workings of the professional team is rarely focused upon with the frankness that the current writer brings to this topic in her courageous exploration of how it feels to be"at the bottom"of the professional totem pole.
authors.affiliation: lysie8@aol.com
authors.forename: Elyse
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Resch