Feminist therapy for the treatment of eating disorders as involving key elements and as being able to be used as a frame with many other approaches.  The first key element involves making efforts to conceptualize how gender operates in a culture and how it impacts women’s interpersonal, social, economic, political, and cultural interactions.  This is viewed in context with multiple other social variables such as social class, ethnocultural and racial heritage, immigration history, health status, and sexual orientation.  These conceptualizations can then be used to examine the interactions within the person’s private lives.  The eating disorder is then seen in the context of socially oppressive forces that need to be managed by the individual.  This approach is not for everyone, but some benefit greatly from it.   The cumulative impact of these multiple social experiences have disrupted and shaped how sufferers experience, view, and practice toward their bodies.

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