The analyst's psyche operates as a kind of... something to hold on to while somebody's going through therapy, if they're deconstructing their own psyche, if that's cracking up in some way, or dissolving.

From a child's point of view, there is rarely a great time for parents to separate, even if there has been a lot of commotion and fighting.

Fat is a way of saying no to powerlessness and self-denial.

Today, 'fat' has become not a description of size but a moral category tainted with criticism and contempt.

We know that ever woman wants to be thin. Our images of womanhood are almost synonymous with thinness.

A wanted pregnancy as much as a dreaded pregnancy can play differently than all one's previous imaginings.

Emotional Literacy means being able to recognise what you are feeling, so that it doesn't interfere with thinking. It becomes another dimension to draw upon when making decisions or encountering situations. Emotional expression by contrast can mean being driven by emotions, so that it isn't possible to think. These two things are often confused, because we are still uncomfortable with the idea of the validity of feelings.