| Abstract: | The aim is to understand the meaning and significance of the symptoms by means of psychoanalytical theoretical models and to give an insight into the functioning of analytical therapy, using the example of an adolescent bulimia patient. In this therapy, the cause of the bulimic illness is seen as being a failure to build an intrapsychic space, and it is shown how triangulation can be achieved via the three-dimensional analytical relationship. Particular attention is given to the theories of M. Klein and W. R. Bion. The theory of S. Freud is based upon the portrayal of bulimic symptoms as the expression of an intrapsychic conflict. The two models complement each other, leading to a more profound understanding of eating disorders. |
