Struggles, commercialism, ‘ideal’ feminine images and internal oppression: Eating disorders and the pursuit of thinness in Japan

Since the late 1970s, I have been carrying out clinical work as a psychotherapist at many places in Japan. While I am now teaching at a university, I also have my own clinical practice in Kyoto and can identify myself as a Jungianoriented psychotherapist. I have also been involved in studying eating disorders (e.g. Nakamura 2006) and have been working with patients with such disorders for a long time.