Abstract

SANTOS, Manoel Antônio dos. “Você tem fome de que?”: Grupoterapia nos transtornos alimentares. Rev. SPAGESP [online]. 2001, vol.2, n.2, pp. 37-48. ISSN 1677-2970.

The group psychotherapy has been widely used as an efficient therapeutical resource in treating obesity. The present work proposes to describe some phenomena, which emerge in the context of time limited group psychotherapy. Patients who showed motivation to join a new perspective of comprehension of intra and interpersonal factors which are in the genesis of the phenomenon of obesity and which influence the adherence to treatment were selected. The analysis of the clinical material presented, with basis on the psychoanalytical theoretical focus, evidences the therapeutic value of self-knowledge proposed by the insight, which comes from the emotional experience shared. The findings are theoretically consistent to the hypothesis in which psychotherapy in group can favour a reorganization of patient’s affective and relational word.

Keywords : Group psychotherapy; Eating disorders; Morbid obesity.