This study investigates the clinical management of patients with comorbidity combining eating disorders and borderline personality disorder. A case study was used as methodological strategy and the psychoanalytic approach was applied for analyzing the data. After providing a theoretical review of the topic, the evolution of treatment was observed through clinical vignettes. Finally, the author concludes that the therapist should be seen as someone who offers an environment of trust and acceptance of the patient's suffering.
Psychotherapy; psychotherapeutic processes; bulimia; borderline personality disorder