Aches, Pains, Rumbles, and Stumbles: Applying Somatic Countertransference and Body Reactivity in Clinical Work and Teaching

Training and Supervising Analyst, Oregon Psychoanalytic Institute, and Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University. The author of four books and over 150 papers, chapters, and reviews, she speaks nationally and internationally on topics such as eating disorders, the body, and transition and well-being over the life cycle. Her books The Body Betrayed: Women, Eating Disorders and Treatment (1993/1995) and Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders: Beyond the Body Betrayed (2008) are considered landmark contributions in the field. She attempts to bring psychodynamic principles and their applications to life in her writing and teaching to reach others outside the formal walls of psychoanalytic institutes and centers. For her clinical, educational, and scholarly contributions, she has received numerous awards including the Alexandra Symonds Award from the American Psychiatric Association, the Edith Sabshin Teaching Award from the American Psychoanalytic Association, eight “Best Teacher” awards, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Eating Disorder Association. She maintains a private practice in Portland, Oregon.