THIN art therapy session

Inside Alisa's art therapy session.

THIN takes us inside the walls of Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of women with eating disorders. THIN premieres Tuesday, November 14th, 2006 at 9PM EST on HBO.

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[str8guttah]

Alisa was a teacher and still is, and I was oen of her students. She is an amazing person, aside from what these people that are bring rude have said. She is a beautiful woman, inside and out. She was the best teacher I had and I wish I could still talk to her to this day.

[Pinklucy38]

I run a forum for people recovering/suffering from an eating disorder. The site is pro-recovery and aims to offer support and advice.

If you would like the URL send me a message as YouTube won't let me post links :)

Lucy x

[jsinggih]

@Pinklucy38 hi. please may i know the url? thank you

[MindyAnnJoers]

@harry1066tube any type of art therapist (music/art/drama/dance therapy) would do a fine job

[BigHashTouraj]

"i see problems" wow , i hope she gets fucked but never breeds

[jjhaywood]

@MissesPapillon you mean to tell me you'd rather see a therapist trained in Greek and African myth (psychotherapy)? LOLOL. You're an ass.

[GreekVegetarianRecip]

@GreekVegetarianRecip continued.

For example, the client draws/paints something and then becomes that something-through her imagination and creates a dialogue with herself and what she draws. Then she can attempt to integrate the conflict.

I hope this therapist works with Gestalt influenced therapies.

[GreekVegetarianRecip]

It is obvious, in this case, that the whatever is wrong (anorexia) does not respond to logic. The therapist "proved" logically to the client that in objective reality she was smaller than she perceived herself to be. However, this did not help the client. This is because the therapist needs to appeal to her affect (emotions). The client needs to experience in a FELT way. Gestalt therapy in my opinion is one of the best to access the emotions.

[harry1066tube]

@MissesPapillon - Art therapists/psychotherapists are probably more able to connect with a patients true emotions than any other therapist. Creating art and communicating verbally utilises both left and right sides of the brain, hence greater insight into an individuals thoughts, feelings and emotions.

[harry1066tube]

It's so difficult to watch after facilitating art psychotherapy for anorexics, especially as the girl/lady in the film has a perfectly 'normal' body shape and you can sense the emotion as she writes on the image.

[whatkatiedid213]

That girl is absolutely stunning.

And I'd like to be an art therapist :)

[dorotttta]

please tell why you thing like that