Mirror Therapy Helps Body Image Problems
The Journal of Eating Disorders reports that women experiencing body image problems have benefitted from receiving mirror therapy. This new form of therapy consists of learning that realistically looking at one's own body in objective terms can alter the automatic, negative judgments that would normally arise in individuals with body image disorder. According to Dr. Sherrie S. Delinsky of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston "the goal is to help women let go of their constant self-criticism and learn how to better respond to distressing thoughts about their bodies".