Corpo e palavra: grupo terapêutico para pessoas com transtornos alimentares

Abstract

Eating disorders characterize problematic relationship with eating and self image. Treatment should include multiple strategies, including the group approach. This study aimed to: present reflection on the dynamics of group therapy for eating disorder patients attended at a specialized service and investigate the patients' psychological dynamics, based on the countertransferential resonances the researcher experienced. Observation records in a field diary were analyzed, related to 21 consecutive group meetings. The materialwas submitted to thematic content analysis. The results were structured in three thematicaxes: impacting experiences mobilized in contact with patients; patients' demand for helpto find the words lost, as a way to access the representability of the feelings elided from the mental space through the unaffectedness operation; countertransferential feelingsexperienced by the researcher. The implications for treatment were discussed, with a view to seeking strategies that enhance a therapeutic environment that facilitates psychosomatic integration.