Food as a Mother, Body as a Child
In her in-depth work "Food as a Mother, Body as a Child", Rositsa Petrova introduces us - from the point of view of psychoanalysis and its most prominent founders - with our ideas about food and the body, about nutrition and its place in the structures of the psyche. With the main eating disorders, their causes and their impact on our inner world.
With many examples from her practice as a psychotherapist, which she analyzes in detail, the author encourages us to look into ourselves, into our past and present, and to make sense of our own mental history.
The book is intended for specialists in the field of psychotherapy, but also for readers with an interest in the mysterious universe of the human psyche.
Rositsa Petrova
Rositsa Petrova (b. 1959) has a master's degree in sociology and a master's degree in clinical social work. She specialized in psychodynamic psychotherapy in Bulgaria and depth psychotherapy in the USA, and has a rich, nearly 25-year clinical, expert and teaching experience. She is a member of the Bulgarian Association for Psychotherapy and the American Association for Music and Imagery. She has publications on basic therapeutic skills, therapeutic practices, in-depth psychotherapy, etc.
