ABSTRACT
What actually happens during the therapeutic process which enables many patients with eating disorders to take the necessary risks involved in progressive change? The course of events may be understood through the patient’s artwork and her developing relationship with her images. In the early stages of treatment, images are spilled out on to the paper; much of this work has little or no form. Emotions are literally poured out in paint, sometimes over the edges of the paper on to the table, and images are not contained within separate forms.
