Psychotherapy

Inside the head of an anorexic.

 An insight of how it feels to suffer from anorexia and how people and  professionals tend to respond to. Elena Dunkle refers to the severity of  her internal critical voice which was obstructing her to pursue a fulfilling  life and was instead feeding the development of an “anorexic mind”.     http://www.theguardian.com/childrens-books-site/2015/jun/15/anorexic-elena-vanishing-teenage-anorexia

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Gravity & Psychoanalysis

This is my paper that uses the film Gravity (2013) as a platform to unfold some of the main dynamics and processes between therapist and patient during the therapeutic journey. It also depicts some of the challenges of the psychoanalytic psychotherapy training. http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14753634.2014.989628#abstract

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Redefining mental illness

This paper makes us think about the stereotypes, the stigma and the ignorance attributed upon mental difficulties. It is time to reconsider and change our approach and thinking.      http://www.nytimes.com/2015/01/18/opinion/sunday/t-m-luhrmann-redefining-mental-illness.html?smid=fb-share&_r=0

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