Trauma and Body Relationships with Rachel Buxbaum, PhD candidate

In today's episode, I spoke with Rachel Buxbaum about trauma and body relationships. We had a really interesting conversation about the intersection between the two.

Although, I work strictly as a dietitian and not as a therapist, I always say, you can't take the therapeutic component out of the relationship with one's body. Peoples relationship with food and body are so interconnected with so many areas of life.

A few books Rachel recommended on these topics are "Disorders of the Self" by Ralph Klein, though it's a very clinical, technique-focused book. For the casual reader - "Schopenhauer's Porcupines," which tackles similar dynamics in a very digestible, accessible way.

Luepnitz, D. A. (2002). Schopenhauer's porcupines: Intimacy and its dilemmas: Five stories of psychotherapy. Basic Books (AZ).

Masterson, J. F., & Klein, R. (2013). Disorders of the self: New therapeutic horizons: The Masterson approach. Routledge.

Rachel Buxbaum is a PhD candidate at LIU-Brooklyn's doctoral program in Clinical Psychology. She currently practices cognitive-behavioral therapy at New York Presbyterian's Gracie Square Hospital, and psychodynamic-analytic therapy at the Psychological Services Center of LIU-Brooklyn, where she also conducts research and mentors junior therapists. Rachel is an adjunct psychology professor at College of Mount Saint Vincent for courses including Social Psychology and Counseling and Interviewing Skills. Her social-clinical psychology research focuses on structural trauma, mistrust of the medical and mental healthcare systems, and ways that therapists can attend more empathically and effectively to their patients' fears of being vulnerable to the therapeutic process. You can reach her with any questions at rachelrbuxbaum@gmail.com.

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