Problematizing Psychotherapy
The Discursive Production of a Bulimic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2389640 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Michael Guilfoyle (0009-0009-1907-6682, St Senans Hospital, Ireland) |
| Year | 2001 |
| Volume | 7 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 151-179 |
| Publication date | 2001-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Culture & Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1354-067X • E-ISSN: 1461-7056 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/1354067x0172003 |
| OpenAlex | W2055296380 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 20 |
This paper explores the discursive production of a psychologized bulimic subject. Two processes are highlighted through a case study, both influencing the production of the bulimic: therapeutic operations of power; and the subjugation of non-psy accounts of bulimia. Power mechanisms in therapy encourage the client to construct a complex psychological subjectivity, enabling a psychological, self-contained account of her eating disorder, thereby facilitating 'therapeutic' change. However, the condition for therapy is the disguised subjugation of client, lay and erudite non-psy accounts. The concealment of power operations reinforces psy's hegemony in defining the person-and the bulimic-in western culture. After problematizing psy discourses, a non-psychologized feminist discourse is hypothetically considered, and dialogue with this discourse suggested. A feminist discourse does not require ideals of self-containment, nor complex psy accounts, but nevertheless offers the bulimic a range of political subjectivities as a discursive priority, rather than psychological complexity
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2023 (19) |
| Highly cited | No |