ABSTRACT
‘When I’m thin I’ll be happy. I’m fat and therefore unhappy. My body is huge and disgusting. Nobody tries to understand who I really am. They are only interested in how much I weigh and how they can make me fatter.’ These words, spoken by an anorectic girl after the failure of a treatment programme for anorexia, underline the importance of having an assessment process which enables a child to feel that the whole of her being (feelings, physical condition, body sensations, thoughts) is accepted and understood.
