Using Family Photographs in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

The goal of this article is to describe a system of review of family photographs to enable patients to address important emotional issues related to their need for treatment. This technique will be applied to patients suffering from eating disorders. Specific themes of anorexia will be reviewed and related to visual themes present in the family photographs of anorexics. Images from the album of an anorexic patient will be reviewed to examine both the content of the images and the process through which the patient related to the images.