@article {45, title = {Therapeutic Effects of the Feldenkrais Method (Awareness Through Movement) in Eating Disorders}, journal = {Feldenkrais Research Journal}, volume = {1}, year = {2004}, pages = {17}, publisher = {IFF Academy}, chapter = {9}, abstract = {

Based on the movement-pedagogical concept of Feldenkrais and the findings of disturbed body perception by eating disordered patients this research aimed at studying the therapeutical effects of the Feldenkrais Method \&$\#$8222;Awareness through Movement\&$\#$8220; with eating disorder patients. 15 eating disordered patients treated at the Roseneck hospital for behavioural medicine rated \&$\#$8211; by means of a questionnaire consisting of scales of the Body Cathexis Scale (BCS), the Body Parts Satisfaction Scale (BPSS), the questionnaire for body perception (Fragebogen zum K\&$\#$246;rpererleben; FKE), the Emotion Inventory (Emotionalit\&$\#$228;tsinventar; EMI-B), the Anorexia-Nervosa-Inventory for Self-rating (ANIS) and the Eating Disorder Inventory-2 (EDI) \&$\#$8211; various aspects of their eating disorder before and after participating in a nine hour course of the Feldenkrais Method. The data of these patients were compared to those of the members of a control group, also consisting of 15 eating disordered patients who did not participate in a Feldenkrais course. The participants of the Feldenkrais-course showed increasing contentment with regard to problematic zones of their body and their own health as well as concerning acceptance and familiarity with their own body. Other results were a more spontaneous, open and self-confident behaviour, the decrease of feelings of helplessness and decrease of the wish to return to the security of the early childhood , which indicates the development of felt sense of self, self-confidence and a general process of maturation of the whole personality. The outcome points to the therapeutical effectiveness of the Feldenkrais Method with eating-disorder patients within a multimodal treatment program.

Key words:
Feldenkrais Method \&$\#$8211; Eating disorder- body perception- Body therapy- Psychotherapy

}, issn = {1817-4000}, attachments = {http://iffresearchjournal.org/es/system/files/9UweLaumerEnglishpdf.pdf}, author = {Uwe Laumer and Manfred Bauer and Manfred Fichter and Helmut Milz} }