Eating disorders and therapy Books

Book SynopsisAn award-winning Northwestern University psychology professor reveals how the cultural obsessionTrade Review“Girls learn that how they look is more important than who they are—the essential symptom of beauty sickness.’ But Engeln doesn’t stop at diagnosis: she offers the possibility of a cure.” — Peggy Orenstein, New York Times bestselling author of Girls & Sex “Her solid ideas...will help women think positively about themselves regardless of body shape. Thorough research and helpful personal stories effectively relay the dilemma that nearly all women face on a daily basis.” — Kirkus Reviews “[Beauty Sick] will blow the top off the body image movement…provocative and necessary.” — Rebellious Magazine “Renee Engeln...argues that our obsession with women’s looks amounts to a society-wide psychological illness...The book indicts social and news media in helping to create beauty sickness by drawing on research and interviews with real-world girls and women.” — Pacific Standard “[P]rofessor Engeln’s sharp examination of beauty sickness reveals its disturbing impact on women of all ages, ethnicities, and backgrounds...Engeln’s writing is engaging and conversational...Engeln’s book is thought provoking and will be fascinating for all readers, especially those interested in psychology, cultural studies, media, or gender studies.” — Booklist (starred review) “Engeln’s new book, Beauty Sick: How the Cultural Obsession With Appearance Hurts Girls and Women (Harper), explores the ways we remind women—young and old—that the most important thing they can be is beautiful.” — Chicago Tribune “Inspiring.” — PureWow “Info-packed...highly readable...” — Elle “Beauty Sick is the title of Engeln’s new book, which has more than 350 pages of exhaustive research, interviews, and analysis into the set of contradictions that inform the reality of millions of women’s lives.” — The Times (London)

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Book SynopsisPresenting an effective treatment approach specifically tailored to the unique challenges of body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), this book is grounded in state-of-the-art research. The authors are experts on BDD and related conditions. They describe ways to engage patients who believe they have defects or flaws in their appearance. Provided are clear-cut strategies for helping patients overcome the self-defeating thoughts, impairments in functioning, and sometimes dangerous ritualistic behaviors that characterize BDD. Clinician-friendly features include step-by-step instructions for conducting each session and more than 50 reproducible handouts and forms; the large-size format facilitates photocopying.See also the related self-help guide by Dr. Wilhelm, Feeling Good about the Way You Look, an ideal recommendation for clients with BDD or less severe body image problems.Trade Review"BDD entails substantial suffering and requires skilled therapeutic intervention. This unique treatment manual lives up to the stellar reputations of Wilhelm, Phillips, and Steketee. Their systematic treatment is science based, clinically informed, and practitioner friendly. The manual is generous in its provision of reproducible handouts and assessment tools, and it wisely guides therapy that is tailored to the individual client’s needs."--Thomas F. Cash, PhD, Department of Psychology (Emeritus), Old Dominion University"Wilhelm, Phillips, and Steketee are among a small handful of internationally recognized authorities on the etiology and treatment of BDD and related conditions. It is next to impossible to think of a better qualified group of authors for this definitive treatment manual."--David B. Sarwer, PhD, Departments of Psychiatry and Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania"BDD is a common and often crippling psychiatric disorder, yet too frequently it is not diagnosed or not competently treated. This book fills a critical niche by providing concrete, hands-on guidance for conducting state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral therapy for BDD. The guidelines in this book will be accessible and useful for a wide range of readers, from students just beginning their training in behavioral therapies to seasoned professionals who are already experienced with BDD. An invaluable addition to the field."--Harrison G. Pope Jr., MD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School"This essential, richly detailed guide is written at a level of specificity that will enable even the clinician new to working with BDD to be comfortable implementing the strategies. The manual also provides a concise review of the scientific basis for the approach. All clinicians who treat patients with BDD or other clinically meaningful body image disturbances now have a go-to guide to add to their clinical bookshelves."--J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Florida"Helping patients accept that their problem is psychological rather than medical is a daunting prospect that is at the heart of treatment for BDD. This book encapsulates the wisdom from extensive clinical experience. It provides the therapist with an evidence-based map for navigating the challenges of this disorder, and has relevance for treating other obsessive-compulsive problems as well."--Janet Treasure, PhD, FRCP, FRCPsych, Director, Eating Disorders Research Unit, Kings College London, United Kingdom"BDD is a common and often crippling psychiatric disorder, yet too frequently it is not diagnosed or not competently treated. This book fills a critical niche by providing concrete, hands-on guidance for conducting state-of-the-art cognitive-behavioral therapy for BDD. The guidelines in this book will be accessible and useful for a wide range of readers, from students just beginning their training in behavioral therapies to seasoned professionals who are already experienced with BDD. An invaluable addition to the field." - Harrison G. Pope Jr., MD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School"Helping patients accept that their problem is psychological rather than medical is a daunting prospect that is at the heart of treatment for BDD. This book encapsulates the wisdom from extensive clinical experience. It provides the therapist with an evidence-based map for navigating the challenges of this disorder, and has relevance for treating other obsessive-compulsive and somatizing problems as well." - Janet Treasure, Kings College London, UK"BDD entails substantial suffering and requires skilled therapeutic intervention. This unique treatment manual lives up to the stellar reputations of Wilhelm, Phillips, and Steketee. Their systematic treatment is science based, clinically informed, and practitioner friendly. The manual is generous in its provision of reproducible handouts and assessment tools, and it wisely guides therapy that is tailored to the individual client’s needs." - Thomas F. Cash, Old Dominion University, Virginia, USAThis essential, richly detailed guide is written at a level of specificity that will enable even the clinician new to working with BDD to be comfortable implementing the strategies. The manual also provides a concise review of the scientific basis for the approach. All clinicians who treat patients with BDD or other clinically meaningful body image disturbances now have a go-to guide to add to their clinical bookshelves." - J. Kevin Thompson, PhD, University of South Florida, USATable of ContentsI. Fundamentals of Body Dysmorphic Disorder and Its Treatment1. Introduction to BDD 2. Treatment Overview and Roadmap3. Special Considerations in Treating Patients with BDD4. Diagnosing and Assessing BDD and Associated Symptoms5. Enhancing MotivationII. Introductory Sessions: Laying the Foundation for Successful Treatment6. Session 1: Assessing BDD, Orienting the Patient to CBT-BDD, and Assessing Motivation7. Session 2: Education and Case Formulation8. Session 3: Setting Goals, Describing CBT-BDD, and Assessing ThoughtsIII. Core Treatment Components9. Sessions 4-5: Evaluating Self-Defeating Thoughts 10. Session 6: Introducing Exposure 11. Sessions 7-9: Adding Ritual Prevention12. Session 10: Perceptual Retraining for Mirror Checking 13. Sessions 11-20: Introducing Advanced Cognitive Strategies and Moving Forward 14. Termination Sessions, Relapse Prevention, and Booster SessionsIV. Optional Modules for Patients with Relevant Symptoms15. Skin Picking and Hair Pulling 16. Weight, Shape, and Muscularity 17. Cosmetic Treatment 18. Depression

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Book SynopsisA fact-filled guide to coping with compulsive overeating problems by an experienced addictions doctor who draws on many patients' stories of recovery.Overeating, binge eating, obesity, anorexia, and bulimia Food Junkies tackles the complex, poorly understood issue of food addiction from the perspective of a medical researcher and dozens of survivors. What exactly is food addiction? Is it possible to draw a hard line between indulging cravings for comfort food and engaging in substance abuse? For people struggling with food addictions, recognizing their condition remains a frustrating battle.This revised second edition contains the latest research as well as practical strategies for people facing the complicated challenges of eating disorders and addictions, offering an affirming and manageable path to healthy and sustainable habits.Trade ReviewAre you one of those people who thinks food addiction isn't real? Then you might be what Dr. Vera Tarman describes in her new book as a food junkie! I was addicted to sugar and other processed carbohydrates over a decade ago and found my way back to health and recovery thanks to some basic lifestyle changes that made me whole again. Dr. Tarman walks you through all the necessary steps to make that happen for you, too. Addiction is real, but it's not inevitable. Grab back control of your health now! * Jimmy Moore, author of Cholesterol Clarity and Keto Clarity *For all those who have struggled with weight loss and failed, here is a wise book that applies the addiction model to food. Tarman tackles the neurobiology of pleasure and the epidemic of obesity, and makes sense of both. With a no-nonsense approach, Tarman offers a thoughtful, groundbreaking exploration of a subject that plagues the majority of readers. * Ann Dowsett Johnston, author of Drink: The Intimate Relationship Between Women and Alcohol *This book will help many people with every kind of eating disorder — they all start with the same premise.We who eat too much, too often, and who find ourselves fat, miserable, bulimic, unhealthy, or just wanting to lose 20 pounds before Christmas are in the same boat. Dr. Tarman’s book shows how many ways there are to get help and get healed. My own solution — through the twelve steps of GSA — presents the approach that has saved my life — that we — all of us, just alcoholics — are allergic to sugar, grains, flour, wheat, and corn — yes, all grains! — the same ingredients that are in alcohol. Avoiding these foods and eating three weighed meals a day and nothing in between can lead you to find the last house on the block, which is a mansion! * Judy Collins, singer, songwriter, and author of Cravings: How I Conquered Food *Dr. Vera Tarman aptly takes the science of sugar addiction and draws a convincing clinical profile of the sugar/food addiction syndrome. With plenty of clinical scenarios, Dr. Tarman illustrates and explains the various stages of food addiction. She then shows how food addiction recovery is possible and sustainable in the long term. Food Junkies is a must-read for patients, students and clinicians interested in addiction medicine and/or obesity management. * Dr. Nicole Avena, research scientist and assistant professor at Princeton University and Mount Sinai School of Medicine and author of Why Diets Fail: Because We are Addicted to Sugar *Dr. Vera Tarman brings together in this book knowledge of physiology and the brain, experience of treatment for addiction and sensitivity to the nature of food addiction. She takes us through the process of understanding, enlightenment, and finally hope. * Esther Helga Guðmundsdóttir, Director of INFACT International School for Food Addiction Counselling and Treatment *As someone who regularly treat patients suffering from food addiction and someone who has recovered from it, Dr. Tarman is the quintessential expert on food addiction. This book is a must-read for anyone struggling with a food addiction. * Chef A.J., author of The Secrets to Ultimate Weight Loss. *Table of ContentsPreface to the Second EditionThis Book, Bite Size: Our Message to You 1. Eating, Eating, Eating: What Is the Problem with Me?2. I Just Like to Eat! Eating and Overeating3. Sugar Makes Me Happy!4. So What Exactly Is Food Addiction?5. Are You a Food Addict?6. The Food Fights: Addiction or Eating Disorder?7. The Tragic Story of a Food Addict8. Stages if Fiid Addiction9. Food Addiction: The Great Saboteur10. For the Anorexic11. Hitting Bottom: I Need Help!12. What Do I Do Now?13. First Things First: Stopping the Food14. Recovery in the Community15. Switching Addictions16. Freedom Tastes Great! Finding Food SecurityEpilogue: A Happy Ending, One Day at a Time AcknowledgementsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisParents are the first to know when their child starts behaving differently. Has your son stopped eating his favorite food, or does he refuse to eat out with friends? Has your daughter drastically increased her exercise regimen, or become obsessed with health foods? These are among the telltale signs that your child, like millions of others, may have an eating disorder (ED). In this essential guide, registered dietitians Casey Crosbie and Wendy Sterling introduce an all-new strategy you can use to help your child at home. The Plate-by-Plate approach is rooted in family-based treatment (FBT)—the leading psychological therapy for EDs. Unlike complicated “exchange” systems, this is simple: Crosbie and Sterling coach you through every aspect of meeting your child’s nutritional needs, using just one tool—a ten-inch plate.

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Book SynopsisARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Guide for Parents and Carers is an accessible summary of a relatively recent diagnostic term. People with ARFID may show little interest in eating, eat only a very limited range of foods or may be terrified something might happen to them if they eat, such as choking or being sick. Because it has been poorly recognised and poorly understood it can be difficult to access appropriate help and difficult to know how best to manage at home.This book covers common questions encountered by parents or carers whose child has been given a diagnosis of ARFID or who have concerns about their child. Written in simple, accessible language and illustrated with examples throughout, this book answers common questions using the most up-to-date clinical knowledge and research.Primarily written for parents and carers of young people, ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder includes a wealth of practical tips and suggested strategies to equip parents and carers with the means to take positive steps towards dealing with the problems ARFID presents. It will also be relevant for family members, partners or carers of older individuals, as well as professionals seeking a useful text, which captures the full range of ARFID presentations and sets out positive management advice.Trade Review"ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Guide for Parents and Carers is an outstanding resource designed to help parents/carers understand the complexities of a diagnosis of ARFID, its consequences and treatment. This accessible guide combines clinical cases and up-to-date research. Bryant-Waugh’s depth of experience working with children and families with ARFID brilliantly captures how to make sense of the everyday challenges that a diagnosis of ARFID brings to children and their families. This "go-to" resource fills a much needed gap in providing parents/carers with strategies in supporting their child with ARFID." - Debra K. Katzman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto"This is a brilliantly written, clear, practical and engaging book by the world-expert in the field. It uniquely combines research and clinical wisdom, illustrated by multiple varied examples, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the problem and how to address it. The 5-step approach is exceptionally valuable with sequential guidance about how to enable positive change. It is essential reading for any parent or practitioner wanting to help children overcome these difficulties and is a fantastic resource that has the potential to transform lives." - Roz Shafran, Professor of Translational Psychology UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health"This is a long overdue guide for parents. Dr Bryant-Waugh has been a leading clinical and research expert in feeding difficulties for many years, and it is pleasing to see this wealth of experience and advice into one volume. I have no doubt it will be extremely helpful for families and children with ARFID. The suggested approaches are positive, non-blaming and focused on hope, for this is key as many children will manage and improve, but a whole family and inspiration of confidence are needed. This book provides both." - Dr Lee Hudson, Consultant Paediatrician Great Ormond Street Hospital"ARFID Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder: A Guide for Parents and Carers is an outstanding resource designed to help parents/carers understand the complexities of a diagnosis of ARFID, its consequences and treatment. This accessible guide combines clinical cases and up-to-date research. Bryant-Waugh’s depth of experience working with children and families with ARFID brilliantly captures how to make sense of the everyday challenges that a diagnosis of ARFID brings to children and their families. This 'go-to' resource fills a much needed gap in providing parents/carers with strategies in supporting their child with ARFID." Debra K. Katzman, MD, Professor of Pediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children and University of Toronto, Canada"This is a brilliantly written, clear, practical and engaging book by the world-expert in the field. It uniquely combines research and clinical wisdom, illustrated by multiple varied examples, to provide a comprehensive understanding of the problem and how to address it. The 5-step approach is exceptionally valuable with sequential guidance about how to enable positive change. It is essential reading for any parent or practitioner wanting to help children overcome these difficulties and is a fantastic resource that has the potential to transform lives." Roz Shafran, Professor of Translational Psychology, UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, London, UK"This is a long overdue guide for parents. Dr Bryant-Waugh has been a leading clinical and research expert in feeding difficulties for many years, and it is pleasing to see this wealth of experience and advice in one volume. I have no doubt it will be extremely helpful for families and children with ARFID. The suggested approaches are positive, non-blaming and focused on hope, for this is key as many children will manage and improve, but a whole family and inspiration of confidence are needed. This book provides both." Dr Lee Hudson, Consultant Paediatrician, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction 01. What is ARFID? 02. Who can develop ARFID? 03. Why does someone develop ARFID? 04. What are the consequences of having ARFID? 05. What can I do? 06. What is the best treatment for ARFID? 07. What about the future? Closing words

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Book SynopsisAvoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) is a new diagnosis commonly encountered by a range of health care professionals, yet currently no standard of care exists. This book outlines a new cognitive-behavioral treatment for patients with ARFID that has been developed in response to this urgent clinical need.Trade Review'This practical, accessible manual, written by two of the leading experts in the emerging avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) field, will be a very welcome addition to the clinician's library. I anticipate that it will quickly become a much used volume by anyone offering care and treatment to patents with this disorder. Until now there has been very little by way of guidance in terms of evidence based treatments specifically for ARFID. This clearly written book, based on sound theoretical principles, enables the outstanding skills, expertise and insights of its authors to be shared by a much wider audience, which can only benefit patient care.' Rachel Bryant-Waugh, Head of the Feeding and Eating Disorders Service, the Department of Child and Adolescent Mental Health (DCAMH), Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children'It is rare that a newly conceptualized mental disorder is introduced into systems of nosology without an existing treatment approach with some evidence for efficacy; but, this was the case with avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID). Now, from one of the leading eating disorders centers in the world comes a very well-conceived stage model of intervention that can be personalized for the individual patient, as well as the patient's family. Anyone treating eating disorders should find this new clinical manual invaluable.' David H. Barlow, Boston University'Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) sounds a little less unfamiliar today than when it was introduced by DSM-5 only five years ago. Since then, a small cadre of clinical researchers has devoted considerable energy to explore treatments for this patient population. Thomas and Eddy have been leaders in this domain. Through their focused efforts, the authors have put together an extraordinarily helpful treatment manual that everyone who wants to learn more about ARFID, whether a treating clinician, curious trainee, or worried parent, would be well advised to consult. This clinician manual first provides the reader with an excellent psycho-educational overview of ARFID, before delineating the four stages of CBT-AR. The authors round out this manual by demonstrating their treatment approach by way of five elucidating clinical case examples. This book is a most welcome addition to the small family of clinical treatment manuals for eating disorders.' Daniel Le Grange, University of California, San Francisco'As an ARFID advocate, author on the topic, and mother to a recovered child with ARFID, I couldn't be more thrilled with this book. Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy for avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder is vital toward the education and treatment of ARFID. With comprehensive and detailed information, workable steps for treatment, and actual case studies, this book is desperately needed in the eating disorder community, and one that I wish had been available when our family was struggling to find answers. There is much to learn about ARFID, but this manual is a terrific starting point in helping clinicians, physicians, therapists, and even parents learn more about this very prevalent and very mysterious eating disorder that affects children and adults of all ages.' Stephanie Elliot, ARFID advocate, author of Sad Perfect'This book is important. For the first time we have a detailed yet comprehensive account of how to treat patients with 'avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder'. The authors are to be congratulated on producing this invaluable resource.' Christopher G. Fairburn, University of OxfordTable of ContentsDedication; List of figures; List of tables; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. What is ARFID?; 2. Overview of existing treatments for feeding, eating, and anxiety disorders; 3. Assessment of ARFID; 4. Cognitive-behavioral model of ARFID; 5. Overview of CBT-AR; 6. Stage 1: Psychoeducation and early change; 7. Stage 2: treatment planning; 8. Stage 3: maintaining mechanisms in order of priority; 9. Stage 4: relapse prevention; 10. CBT-AR case examples; 11. Conclusion and future directions; Appendix 1: CBT-AR competence ratings; Appendix 2: CBT-AR adherence: session-by-session ratings; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisA Books on Prescription title to help you stop worrying about your self-image and overcome Body Dysmorphic Disorder with CBT.Praise for the Overcoming series:'The best consumer-friendly CBT-based books.' ObserverMany people occasionally suffer from a negative body self-image but, for an increasing number of people, this can turn into a more serious preoccupation. One per cent of the population will develop Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), a condition characterised by severe preoccupation with a perceived physical defect. Body image problems can cause significant distress and can lead to further problems such as anxiety, eating disorders and social phobia. It has long been recognised that negative body image problems are a factor in the onset and maintenance of many eating disorders. However, they can be successfully treated with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"A refreshing perspective on the realities and challenges one faces when living with an eating disorder.... Recommended." * CHOICE *"Impressive and exhaustive.... Those who treat, study, or are afflicted with an eating disorder in the family will find excellent resources here." * Truthdig *“This is psychological anthropology at its best.” * Anthropology News *“Lester offers one of the most compassionate, realistic, nuanced examinations of the complexity of ED care and patients I have read. Her book presents a much-needed discourse exemplifying how the American treatment landscape fails patients and perpetuates illness.” * Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work *Table of ContentsPrologue Preface SECTION ONE • PROVOCATIONS 1 • Introduction Roller-Skating 2 • Rethinking Eating Disorders Little Debbie 3 • Eating Disorders as Technologies of Presence For the Ladies SECTION TWO • FRAMEWORKS 4 • Identifying the Problem: When Is an Eating Disorder (Not) an Eating Disorder? Spinning 5 • A Hell That Saves You: Cedar Grove’s Staff and Programs Lettuce Sandwich 6 • Fixing Time: Chronicity, Recovery, and Trajectories of Care at Cedar Grove Liquidated 7 • Loosening the Ties That Bind: Unmooring Mortifications 8 • Me, Myself, and Ed: Recalibrating Calculated Risks 9 • “Fat” Is Not a Feeling: Developing New Ways of Presencing Looking for the Exit SECTION FOUR• RECURSIONS 10 • Running on Empty: Relationships of Care in a Culture of Deprivation Breaking 11 • Capitalizing on Care: Precarity, Vulnerability, and Failed Subjects Spark 12 • Conclusions: Where Do We Go from Here? Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Works Cited Index

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Book SynopsisIF YOU'RE TIRED OF BEING AT WAR WITH YOUR BODY, THEN THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU. With guest essays and contributions from several highly influential bloggers and social media stars, this book from body positivity campaigner and activist Megan Jayne Crabbe (@meganjaynecrabbe) is the perfect call to arms for anyone who has ever felt bad about themselves and wondered if life would be cooler/easier/more fun if they just looked 'better' somehow...'This book is nothing short of pure magic <3' -- ***** Reader review'A must-read' -- ***** Reader review 'This book is definitely a must-read for everyone, and a total eyeopener too!' -- ***** Reader review'Enlightening! Profound body positive power!' -- ***** Reader review'Such a beautiful book' -- ***** Reader review'Buy book, read book, prepare for your mindset to change for the better!' -- ***** Reader review'Not enough stars to credit this amazing work' -- ***** Reader review*******************************************************************************************************We've been convinced that happiness is something that only comes once we hit that goal weight, get those washboard abs, shrink ourselves down and change every part of ourselves. We believe that our bodies are the problem, but this is not true. It's how we've been taught to see our bodies that's the problem... It's time for us all to stop believing the lies we've been fed about what it means to be beautiful, and take our power back.Megan's body image issues began when she was five years old. She spent her childhood and teen years chasing thinness and spiralling into anorexia. After recovery she spent years dieting, binging, losing and gaining weight. But then she found body positivity and finally escaped the cult of thin. Now she's determined to let as many people as possible know the truth: that we are all good enough as we are.With her inimitable flair, whip-smart wit and kickass attitude, Megan argues in an entertaining, engaging and accessible way for a new way of seeing ourselves, and a world where every body is celebrated. Where there is no such thing as a 'bikini body diet' and 97% of women don't hate the way they look.A powerful call to arms as much as it is inspirational and practical, this book is the life-changing answer you've been looking for.

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Book SynopsisThe go-to reference and practice guide for using motivational interviewing (MI) to enhance conversations about nutrition and fitness is now in a thoroughly revised second edition with 70% new material. Easy to incorporate into everyday interactions, MI offers simple yet powerful tools for helping clients work through ambivalence, break free of diets and quick-fix solutions, and overcome barriers to change. Extensive sample dialogues illustrate the dos and don'ts of counseling clients about meal planning and preparation, exercise, body image, disordered eating, and more. Supplemental reproducible handouts can be downloaded and printed from the companion website. In addition, instructors who adopt the book for courses receive access to PowerPoint slides, worksheets, and exam questions. New to This Edition *Chapters on medical nutrition therapy, health coaching, follow-up sessions, and counselor health and boundaries. *Restructured to reflect developments in MI and the authors' training approach; includes new and revised sample dialogues. *Increased attention to weight stigma and social determinants of health, such as racism and unequal access to health care. *Expanded companion website, now including resource links and an online-only chapter, What to Do When There's Little Time, in addition to 21 handouts. This book is in the Applications of Motivational Interviewing series, edited by Stephen Rollnick, William R. Miller, and Theresa B. Moyers.

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Book SynopsisWith so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe emotional damage. Idealized images in the media inspire devotees of this “religion” to experience guilt for behaviors that are biologically normal and necessary, and Lelwica offers two ways to combat this dangerous cultural message. Advising readers to look hard at the societal cues that cause them to obsess about their weight, and to remain mindful about their actions and needs, this book will not only help stop the cycle of guilt and shame associated with food, it will help readers to grow and accept their bodies as they are.

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Book SynopsisDrawing on the expertise of leading creative arts therapists from around the world, this book provides a comprehensive examination of the role of the creative arts in the treatment of clients with eating disorders (EDs). The book explores how art, dance and movement, drama, music, and poetry therapies have fostered insights, growth, and recovery for patients across ED diagnoses (anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder and compulsive overeating disorder), and comorbid diagnoses. It illustrates how each creative arts modality is implemented in the ED treatment process and covers a variety of treatment levels (residential, inpatient, intensive outpatient and outpatient). Each chapter is enriched with case illustrations to provide a greater depth of understanding of how the methods are used in clinical practice. This book is an incomparable overview of the value and diverse uses of the creative arts in the treatment of EDs, and it will be of interest to all arts therapists, psychodrama therapists, family therapists, as well as students of these disciplines.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 1. Introduction to the Use of the Creative Arts Therapies in Eating Disorder Treatment. Annie Heiderscheit. 2. Client Perspectives on the Use of the Creative Arts Therapies in Eating Disorder Treatment. Erin Gargaro, recovered eating disorder patient, Minnesota, United States, Rhonda Guertin, recovered eating disorder patient, Minnesota, United States and Annie Heiderscheit. 3. A Multi-Theoretical Approach for Music Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment. Katrina McFerran, University of Melbourne, Australia, and Annie Heiderscheit. 4. Resiliency Based Music Therapy in the Treatment of Adolescents with Eating Disorders. Sarah Punch, Monash Children's Hospital, Australia. 5. Expressive and Receptive Music Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment. Gro Trondalen, Nowegian Academy of Music, Norway. 6. The Bonny Method of Guided Imagery and Music (BMGIM) in Eating Disorder Treatment. Annie Heiderscheit. 7. Making Sense through Creativity: Creative Arts Therapy with Adolescents in an Inpatient Eating Disorder Program. Nona Cameron, Monash Children's Hospital, Australia, and Sarah Kipnis, Monash Children's Hospital, Australia. 8. Body and Self: The Use of Art Therapy in Eating Disorder Treatment. Tamar Melmed Marmor, TreeStone Therapy, Minnesota, United States. 9. DBT in Action: Integrating Art Therapy Techniques and Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training into the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Susan M. Clark, The Emily Program - Cleveland, Ohio, United States. 10. Beyond Words - Listening to the Body. Barbara Nordstrom-Loeb, University of Minnesota, United States. 11. Dance and Movement Therapy for Patients with Eating Disorders: Model of Expressive Therapies Continuum. Kristine Vende, Rigas Stradinš University, Latvia, Simona Orinska, Children's Hospital 'Gailezers', Latvia, Indra Majore-Dušele, Rigas Stradinš University, Latvia, and Anda Upmale, Rigas Stradinš University, Latvia. 12. Poetry Therapy in the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Geri Chavis, St. Catherine University, Minnesota, United States. 13. Eating Disorder as Protector: The Use of Internal Family Systems and Drama Therapy to Help Clients Understand the Protective Functions of their Eating Disorders. Laura L. Wood, Castlewood Treatment Center, Missouri, United States. 14. Collaborative Work in Creative Arts Therapies. Annie Heiderscheit and Tamar Melmed Marmor. 15. Family and Multi-Family Experiential Work Using Creative Arts Therapies. Annie Heiderscheit and Leah Wellstone, St. Mary's University of Minnesota, United States. 16. Collaborating with a Creative Arts Therapist. Annie Heiderscheit, Tamar Melmed Marmor, Stacy Saindon, licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT), Minnesota, United States, and Leah Wellstone. Appendix A. Training Requirements for the Creative Arts Therapies.

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Book SynopsisI haven't tasted chocolate for over ten years and now I'm walking down the street unwrapping a Kit Kat. Remember when Kate Moss said, 'Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels'? She's wrong: chocolate does.At the age of 32, after ten years of hiding from the truth, Emma Woolf finally decided it was time to face the biggest challenge of her life. Addicted to hunger, exercise and control, she was juggling a full-blown eating disorder with a successful career, functioning on an apple a day.Having met the man of her dreams (and wanting a future and a baby together), she embarked on the hardest struggle of all: to beat anorexia. It was time to start eating again, to regain her fertility and her curves, to throw out the size-zero clothes and face her food fears. And, as if that wasn't enough pressure, Emma took the decision to write about her progress in a weekly column for The Times.Honest, hard hitting and yet romantic, An Apple a Day is a manifesto for the modern generation to stop starving and start living.This compelling, life-affirming true story is essential reading for anyone affected by eating disorders (whether as a sufferer or carer), anyone interested in health and social issues - and for medical and health professionals.Trade ReviewIn An Apple a Day Emma comes across as brave, real and determined. I'm sure that in sharing her story many others will be encouraged to speak out from the stigma of this horrible illness and realise that there is a life worth living beyond calorie counts and scales. It is a battle worth fighting. * Grace Bowman, author of 'Thin' *There is one non-fiction book which I can honestly say went some way towards saving my life... I offer up almost daily, silent, thanks to Emma Woolf for being brave enough to tell her story which made me brave enough to face up to mine. * http://marthameg.wordpress.com/ *... Giving a clear insight into the feelings that underpin this complex disorder, Emma also shines a light on addiction generally; the self-destructive and self-sabotaging tendencies that go hand in hand with poor self-worth and skewed perspective... Eloquent, profoundly moving, romantic and, at times, shockingly candid, Emma's fearless and honest account is ultimately one of hope. * Spirit FM Book Club *a compelling account of anorexia which in deceptively simple style, really gets under the skin of why people starve themselves. Woolf, the great-niece of Virginia, has already charted her progress in a weekly column for the Times which received a huge response from fellow sufferers and their loved ones. * The Bookseller *An Apple a Day tells a powerful story, heart warming and heart rending by turns. It is ultimately a story filled with hope, and Emma Woolf's moving, deeply personal account of her journey out of anorexia will bring that hope to so many more people trapped by this dreadful illness. * Susan Ringwood (Chief Executive, Beat) *Frank and compelling... made me understand anorexia in a way I never have before. * BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour *Having gone through both the disease and the recovery at one time myself, I share her conviction that we need more understanding of this complicated condition. Stories of survival from those who have suffered with the illness need to be brought forward if we are to one day unlock this chamber of secrets. * PinkVox.com - Joanna Patricia Caveney *If you read one thing this year, make it An Apple a Day. * Pop Goes Culture Blog *In this heartfelt look at the causes of her eating disorder, Woolf emphatically states that her anorexia was not the result of striving to look good based on unrealistic media images but rather a mental illness based on her need for control... As Woolf walked through her personal process of self-discovery and change in her newspaper columns, she touched a chord with fellow sufferers, their families and their therapists, whose responses she includes. Her perceptive and articulate account is frank about the mental torment she endured without being morose. Insightful and informative, with fresh insights into the nature of eating disorders. * Kirkus *Love your column... Read it religiously. Very positive. And brave. * Twitter follower *So much more than a memoir... told through touching prose about her relationships and career. It's such a compelling read, you may well be glued to the book until the final page. * Healthy *The contrast between her privileged life and her personal misery is strikingly established in this book before she begins to deal positively with her long-standing 'addiction to hunger'... 'Coming out' about her condition and narrating the process of recovery has been as much agony as therapy, but it has been a needful exercise for the writer and her support group of readers. * The Times *The title of her book is laced with irony: an apple a day does not keep the doctor away if that is all you are eating... her words are neatly woven, not sentimental - the account of the life and love of a thirty-something woman... It could be any of us. Some of the most interesting passages are about how she 'outed' herself, first to her boyfriend, Tom, and later to readers of The Times, in a popular column which continues each Tuesday... Just a few weeks ago she ate her first chocolate bar in 15 years. * The Islington Tribune *There are many books written by people who have struggled with anorexia. Perhaps every heroic journey deserves the right to be heard especially by others who suffer, to know that they are not alone. By the same token these books need to be read by healers who seek to guide sufferers into a different way of life. Emma's book however differs from all the others I have read. It is not just Emma's elegant way with words, it is also her ability to document her thoughts and behaviour while also exposing them to her own insightful analysis and curiosity. I felt humbled, never having quite realized, despite my years of experience, the extent to which this illness can hold someone hostage to its power even when it is held up to the light of intense and public scrutiny. The one take-home message brought home to the reader is that healing anorexia is little to do with gaining weight; this will reduce some of the symptoms while at the same time making other life experiences feel infinitely more dangerous - like emerging feelings and the challenges of sharing your life with other people. It also proves that anorexia can only be properly faced, fought and even hopefully mastered when weight isn't dangerously low. I will recommend Emma's personal account to every therapist I train, while wishing her the happy ending she so clearly deserves. * Deanne Jade, psychologist and founder of the National Centre for Eating Disorders *It helped me though my experience of filming To The Bone.... It gave me the guidance to tell my story * Lily Collins, actress and model, in Red Magazine *Woolf bravely and publicly catalogues her journey to recovery from her eating disorder. It is very inspiring. * Lily Collins, actress and model in Sunday Telegraph’s Stella Magazine *Featured in Harper's BAZAAR, July 2012 * Harper's Bazaar *Featured in Psychologies magazine, September 2012 * Psychologies *Featured on BBC 2's Newsnight, 31 July 2012 * BBC 2's Newsnight *Featured on BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour * BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour *

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Book SynopsisReaders are walked through strategies by a therapist and her former patient.Trade Review"Carolyn Costin and Gwen Grabb have done it again! I desperately needed this book when I was struggling with my own eating disorder. The 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook is a must for all individuals touched by the treacherous illness." -- Jenni Schaefer, author of Goodbye Ed, Hello Me; Life Without Ed; Almost Anorexic "The 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook translates inspirational ideas into practical plans for recovery and redemption. Readers learn how to access their healthy self to quiet and heal the eating disorder self, gradually developing and deepening their spiritual awareness and shedding light on the soul self that will sustain recovery. " -- Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, Eating disorder specialist and author, National Eating Disorders Association Board Advisor "I cannot recommend the 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook more highly to anyone struggling with an eating disorder. The authors speak from the heart to those at every stage of recovery-expertly tuning in to both the eating disorder voice and the healthy voice to help you motivate change. For anyone who's even considering walking the path of recovery, this workbook will be a game changer." -- Kristina Saffran, co-founder of Project HEAL

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Book SynopsisFirst published more than 20 years ago, with almost 150,000 copies sold, this remains the classic book on anorexia nervosa for patients, parents, mental health professionals. Writing in a jargon-free style, Bruch details the relentless pursuit of thinness and the search for superiority in self-denial that characterize the disorder.Trade ReviewAn extraordinary achievement… Bruch wrote with clarity, insight and compassion of her cases during the anorexia outbreak of the early ’70s, an epidemic that seemed to arise out of nowhere, with no official diagnosis. -- Holly Brubach * New York Times Style Magazine *The Golden Cage is eminently readable and generously spiced with vivid illustrations from Bruch’s own clinical case material. Her discussion of and generalization from this material are wonderfully astute. * Contemporary Psychology *The story of the disorder itself is beautifully written, presented with a deftness, lightness, and accuracy that make the reader yearn to turn the page, to watch the unfolding of this very enigmatic disorder. This is the single most important professionally written book for laypersons and parents. -- Shervert H. Frazier, M.D., McLean HospitalTable of Contents1. The Hunger Disease 2. Sparrow in a Cage 3. The Perfect Childhood 4. How It Starts 5. The Anorexic Stance 6. Weight Correction 7. Family Disengagement 8. Changing the Mind

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Book SynopsisA step-by-step holistic approach to eating disorder recovery, using self-compassion and embodiment practices to reduce symptoms, increase body awareness and acceptance, reconnect to others, and step back into an integrated lifeThose who struggle with disordered eating often find themselves in an unrelenting cycle of harsh self-judgment, painful emotions, and harmful behaviors. Seeing the body as an adversary, these patterns can lead many people to become withdrawn or isolated. Ann Saffi Biasetti’s powerful holistic approach to liberating people from disordered eating focuses on growing self-compassion and embodiment. This insight, informed by yoga and mindfulness meditation, views the body not just as something to be healed or restored but as a source of great wisdom and knowledge. Dr. Biasetti offers yoga-based movement, body-awareness practices, meditations, and journaling exercises to help release long-held habits of self-criticism and perfectionism. Her step-by-step program will rebuild self-compassion, self-care, body awareness, acceptance, and connection to the self and to others.

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Book SynopsisFamily members and friends of individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder need support, knowledge, resources, and, above all else, hope for a healthier and happier future.The Borderline Personality Disorder Wellness Planner for Families provides weekly inspiration and planning tools for parents, spouses, siblings, and partners of those who are suffering with the emotion dysregulation and self-sabotaging behaviors that are associated with borderline personality disorder.In Part 1, discover the value of taking care of yourself, how to find a well-trained therapist for your loved one, and the necessity of patience with yourself and self-compassion. Next, in Part 2, take the Self-Care Assessment and then get started with the Weekly Self-Care Tracker. After thirty days, take a new Self-Care Assessment to see how you''ve grown!Designed to give you practical ideas based on ideas from dialectical behavior therapy, mentalization-based treatment, and mindfulness, this book will give you what you need to improve your relationship starting today and keep you on track all 52 weeks of the year.Amanda L. Smith is the author of the popular title, The Dialectical Behavior Therapy Wellness Planner which has sold over 10,000 copies.

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Book SynopsisDo you struggle with Ana (anorexia) or have a difficult relationship with food and body image? Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) have the potential to transform your life and put you on the path to recovery. Here, honest diary extracts relay Kim Marshall's own struggles with anorexia and bulimia, including time spent in a residential treatment centre, and how she discovered EFT and learned to quiet the negative voices that were blocking her recovery.Now fully-recovered and a certified EFT practitioner, Kim explains how to use the approach as a self-help tool. Including easy-to-follow EFT scripts and positive mantras to help you stay on the path to recovery, Kim explains how to use EFT to help overcome denial and fears about recovery from anorexia. This candid account of recovery from eating disorders shows how it is possible to deal with underlying emotional issues and achieve a more positive mindset.Trade ReviewThis profoundly moving book chronicles the underlying issues behind the author's descent into the darkness only sufferers of anorexia and bulimia truly know. Gained through her own healing journey, Kim offers hope to fellow sufferers with practical and therapeutic solutions...a must read for anyone suffering from eating disorders, and their families. -- Karl Dawson, author, Creator of Matrix Reimprinting, EFT Founding MasterTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Disclaimer. Dedication. Introduction. Part One: My Story. 1. How it All Started. 2. Before Residential. 3. Residential Month One. 4. Residential Month Two. 5. Residential Month Three. 6. Residential Month Four. Part Two: What Helped Me. 7. Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. 8. EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). Part Three: Helping You Kiss Goodbye to Ana. 9. How Others Can Help. 10. How I Can Help. 11. Daily Reminders. 12. Take the First Step. 13. Further Resources. References.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive guide to enhanced cognitive behavior therapy (CBT-E), the leading empirically supported treatment for eating disorders in adults. Written with the practitioner in mind, the book demonstrates how this transdiagnostic approach can be used with the full range of eating disorders seen in clinical practice. Christopher Fairburn and colleagues describe in detail how to tailor CBT-E to the needs of individual patients, and how to adapt it for patients who require hospitalization. Also addressed are frequently encountered co-occurring disorders and how to manage them. Reproducible appendices feature the Eating Disorder Examination interview and questionnaire. CBT-E is recognized as a best practice for the treatment of adult eating disorders by the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE).Trade Review"With his evidence-based, 'enhanced' treatment, Fairburn takes CBT to a new level. This book is written explicitly for clinicians, who will find the clearly written, practical guidance invaluable. Of particular interest are the authoritative description of the psychopathology of eating disorders and the lucid analysis of the management and treatment of underweight patients and those with multiple comorbidities. This is the definitive clinical account of CBT for eating disorders."--G. Terence Wilson, PhD, Oscar K. Buros Professor of Psychology, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey"Over the past 30 years, Fairburn has made immense contributions to our understanding and treatment of patients with eating disorders. This timely, clearly written, immensely informative, and very user-friendly book provides just what the clinician needs--a practical guide to all phases of treatment. Outlining his transdiagnostic model, Fairburn describes the processes that underlie all eating disorders and gives specific examples of how to assess, educate, and help patients with any eating disorder. Treatment is divided into stages, with clear guidelines for exactly what to say or do. This book will quickly become the preferred clinical guide in the eating disorders field. Fairburn and his colleagues should be commended for bringing state-of-the-art research to state-of-the-art practice. Bravo!"--Robert L. Leahy, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Weill Cornell Medical College, New York Presbyterian Hospital"Another milestone by the field’s foremost pioneer, this book explains how to treat eating disorders in exquisite detail, and does so with a rich theoretical and empirical foundation as its basis. This will be the authoritative volume for many years to come."--Kelly D. Brownell, PhD, Robert L. Flowers Professor of Public Policy and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke University"From the most prominent group in the world studying the nature and treatment of eating disorders comes this cutting-edge treatment guide, which spans all eating disorder diagnoses as well as conditions that fall outside current diagnostic criteria. Based on a solid empirical foundation, the transdiagnostic enhanced CBT approach will immediately become the gold standard for the treatment of eating disorders."--David H. Barlow, PhD, ABPP, Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Psychiatry and Founder, Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders, Boston University-Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. This Book and How to Use It, Christopher G. Fairburn2. Eating Disorders: The Transdiagnostic View and the Cognitive Behavioral Theory, Christopher G. Fairburn3. Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders (CBT-E): An Overview, Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper and Roz Shafran4. The Patients: Their Assessment, Preparation for Treatment and Medical Management, Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper and Deborah Waller Enhanced Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Eating Disorders: The Core Protocol, Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, Roz Shafran, Kristin Bohn, Deborah M. Hawker, Rebecca Murphy and Suzanne Straebler5. Starting Well6. Achieving Early Change7. Taking Stock and Designing the Rest of Treatment8. Shape Concern, Shape Checking, Feeling Fat and Mindsets9. Dietary Restraint, Dietary Rules and Controlling Eating10. Events, Moods and Eating11. Underweight and Undereating12. Ending WellAdaptations of CBT-E13. Clinical Perfectionism, Core Low Self-Esteem and Interpersonal Problems, Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper, Roz Shafran, Kristin Bohn and Deborah M. Hawker14. CBT-E and the Younger Patient, Zafra Cooper and Anne Stewart15. Inpatient, Day Patient and Two Forms of Outpatient CBT-E, Riccardo Dalle Grave, Kristin Bohn, Deborah M. Hawker and Christopher G. Fairburn16. Complex Cases and Comorbidity, Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper and Deborah WallerPostscript Looking Forward, Christopher G. Fairburn* Appendix A. Eating Disorder Examination (16.0D), Christopher G. Fairburn, Zafra Cooper and Marianne E. O'Connor* Appendix B. Eating Disorder Examination Questionnaire (EDE-Q6.0), Christopher G. Fairburn and Sarah Beglin* Appendix C. Clinical Impairment Assessment Questionnaire (CIA 3.0), Kristin Bohn and Christopher G. Fairburn

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Book SynopsisBring an end to emotional eating by getting to the root of the problem.Trade Review"... excellent, short and practical book... A valuable book with many interesting insights in line with HG understandings." -- Human Givens

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Book SynopsisThis book explores the link between autism and eating disorders through testimonies from practitioners, service users and carers. Combining research findings, case studies and first-hand accounts, it provides insights into how individuals on the autism spectrum can be supported towards full recovery from an eating disorder. Edited by the lead Clinical Psychologist at the Maudsley Eating Disorder National Service, informed by their team's research, chapters focus on the unique issues arising when autism and eating disorders coexist.The contributors suggest treatment adaptations from a multi-disciplinary perspective, and touch more broadly on the topic of poor mental health outcomes for autistic individuals, and how these might be improved.Trade ReviewAlthough the association between autism and eating disorders was first recognised some decades ago it has taken a long time for this knowledge to have an impact on clinical practice. In this book people with autism, family members and clinical and care staff describe their experiences of a specialist service for individuals with a dual diagnosis of autism and eating disorder. It is clear from these personal accounts how recognition of autism in patients with eating disorders and appropriate adaptations to standard intervention practices, can significantly increase treatment effectiveness. The benefits for people with autism, and those living with or caring for them are also significant, not only in terms of the eating problems but also with regard to feelings of self-confidence and self-worth, and overall quality of life. -- Professor Patricia Howlin, Emeritus Professor of Clinical Psychology, King’s College LondonFor too long, many clinicians diagnosed a person's anorexia but overlooked that the person may also be autistic. Such under-diagnosis means the person is left without the right support. This valuable book, edited by a pioneering expert in the intersection of these two clinical conditions, is full of accessible case studies and practical tools, which will empower both clinicians and their patients. -- Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director, Autism Research Centre, Cambridge UniversityAutistic people need tailored care for eating disorders; this excellent volume by Kate Tchanturia and colleagues shows how and why such an approach can change lives. With detailed practical examples and guidance, this is a must-read for anyone working with autistic people struggling with eating disorders. In fact, given the under-recognition of autism amongst women, I would urge everyone working in eating disorders to read it. -- Professor Francesca Happé FBA FMedSci, Past President of the International Society for Autism Research

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Book SynopsisPsychodrama and other action methods are especially helpful in the treatment of the classic eating disorders as well as dieting struggles, body dissatisfaction and associated issues of fear, sadness, silence and shame. This book provides clinicians with sound theoretical information, practical treatment guidelines and a wealth of clinically-tested action structures and interventions. The authors describe how they have introduced action methods to work with a diverse range of clients, and suggest ways in which psychodrama practitioners, experiential therapists and others may integrate these methods into their practice. Offering fresh ideas for tailoring psychodramatic standards such as The Living Newspaper, Magic Shop and the Social Atom to eating disorder issues, they provide extensive examples of psychodrama interventions - classic and specially adapted for eating disorders - for both the experienced practitioner and those new to experiential therapies. They also explain how psychodrama can be used in combination with other expressive, holistic and complementary approaches, including family constellations, music, art, imagery, ritual, Five Element Acupuncture, yoga, Reiki and other energy work. This pioneering book is essential reading for practitioners and students of psychodrama, drama therapy, experiential psychotherapy, cognitive and expressive arts therapies and mental health professionals, as well as professionals interested in complementary health modalities.Trade ReviewThis book is well presented, clear and very informative, providing many action methods to assist those with eating disorders and the accompanying issues such as fear, sadness and shame. The book is designed for individuals who have knowledge and training in psychodrama, expressive art therapies or other experimental modalities and techniques. -- Play for LifeHere is a creative and refreshing integration of action methods, and the use of other creative and expressive arts, well-grounded in current scientific research on what really works in therapy. There is a wealth of vivid clinical vignettes and the authors also offer variations, making this truly useful to practitioners. -- Adam Blatner, M.D., Certified Trainer of Psychodrama and author of many books on psychodramaWith a focus on action methods, neuroscience and trauma, this book gives experienced psychodramatists and clinicians new to the field effective and safe ways of using action to heal both women and men struggling with eating disorders, and help them transform their lives. A valuable addition to the library of anyone in the field. -- Rebecca Walters MS LCAT LMHC TEP, Co-Director, Hudson Valley Psychodrama Institute[The authors] have managed to span the human experience, the science and the healing experience in both dramatic and intellectually challenging ways. [They] write not only from highly developed professional selves but from deeply attuned experiential selves. [This] book will serve as a 'keynote speaker' across the field. -- Nancy Alexander, LCSW-C, psychotherapist and author, Columbia, MDThis innovative book on eating disorders and safe action therapy is a seminal contribution to both fields of psychotherapy. Carnabucci and Ciotola share their experience as clinical practitioners of safe psychodrama, constellation work, and other body-based healing practices such as the Therapeutic Spiral Model, in eloquent stories of important healing work with people healing from eating disorders. A must have for your library if you work with people with eating disorders or their families. -- Kate Hudgins, Ph.D., TEP, author of Experiential Therapy with PTSD: The Therapeutic Spiral ModelKaren and Linda bring both their skill as psychodramatists as well as their sensitivity as healing practitioners to their writing, creating a work that is long overdue in the field. It is thoughtful, practical, and eminently readable - a valuable resource for anyone working with this population. -- Mario Cossa, MA, RDT/MT, TEP, author of Rebels with a Cause: Working with Adolescents Using Action TechniquesThis work represents a synthesis of...tremendous knowledge and skill acquired over years of working with people with eating disorders...I highly encourage everyone to take advantage of the wisdom, creative ideas, and concrete techniques included. Linda and Karen bring a wealth of talent - in psychodrama, yoga, bodywork, holistic health, spirituality, nutrition, Constellation work, and many other areas - to their collaboration. The book is clearly written , well-organized, and contains many ideas and techniques readers can readily apply to their practice settings. -- Catherine D. Nugent, M.S.,M.S., LPC, TEP, Psychotherapist , Psychodramatist, and Fellow of the American Society of Group Psychotherapy and PsychodramaClear, graceful writing and terrific content. -- Joan Lewin, Dance-Movement Therapist and author of Dance Therapy NotebookThis book is a wonderful tool for the therapist who specializes in eating disorders and who is looking for psychodrama techniques to assist with the healing. It is comprehensive in its approach to eating disorders, and issues with the body, trauma, and food...A welcome addition to the psychodrama and eating disorder field. -- Mary Bellofatto MA, LMHC, NCC, TEP, charter member and past president of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP), Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and PsychodramatistThe authors have created a book that illuminates the subject of eating disorders in such a compassionate way that is backed up by thorough research. As a holistic practitioner I recognize the value of addressing life's challenges with a variety of methods that seek to balance mind, body and spirit. […] I highly recommend this book to any holistic practitioner who is open to new ways to help their clients in their healing process. -- Dana Limpert, B.S., M.S., Reiki Master Teacher, Usui Shiki RyohoTable of ContentsAcknowledgements. Preface. 1. The Body as a Battleground. 2. The New Neuroscience. 3. How Action Methods Help Move Beyond the Silence and the Fury. 4. Multi-dimensional Illnesses, Multiple Healing Choices. 5. Men and Eating Disorders. 6. Education in Action. 7. History of Diets, Timelines and the Pull of Popular Culture. 8. The Three Faces of Eating Disorders. 9. The Triple Powers of Doubling. 10. Building Body Empathy. 11. The Link to Trauma. 12. The Age Spectrogram: Children and Older Adults. 13. Images of Nourishment. 14. Circles of Change and Transformation. 15. Nutrition Nuggets, Mindful Movement, Body Metaphors. 16. The Ancestor Connection. 17. Spirituality and Eating Disorders. Glossary. Appendices. Bibliography. Index.

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Book SynopsisStep-by-step - the proven path to recovery from bulimia nervosaStringent dieting and making yourself vomit after overeating are common features of bulimia nervosa, as are depression, anxiety and feelings of worthlessness. This illness causes great distress to sufferers and those who care about them, but in recent years there have been real advances in treatment.In the fourth edition of this sympathetic and highly acclaimed guide, you will find a clear explanation of the disorder and the serious health issues that can result from it as well as learning about the treatments available today. Most importantly, this book offers a step-by-step programme for those who want to tackle their difficulties.This programme has been found in independent clinical research to be of substantial benefit to people with bulimia nervosa (Psychological Medicine, 2005). This book will also give friends and family a much clearer understanding of the illness and its treatmen

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Book SynopsisEating disorders are complicated and personal, but so many books avoid going into what recovery really feels like. How do you manage setbacks? What about reclaiming your identity when an eating disorder has felt so intrinsic to who you are? How are you supposed to cope at work or when you''re travelling?This book guides you through the realities of eating disorder recovery, from an author who''s lived it. From advice on body image and handling other people''s opinions, to navigating holidays and unexpected emotions that crop up during recovery, it takes you step-by-step through the realities of recovery and helps you to make positive, sustainable progress.Whether you''re just starting your recovery, looking for help to stay motivated, or supporting a loved one, this guide will show you how to avoid pitfalls with practical advice from someone who''s really been there.

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Book SynopsisThe relationship between autism and eating disorders is often overlooked or misunderstood. Written by two experienced clinicians working with young people, Autism and Eating Disorders in Teens covers topics including identification of both conditions, diagnosis and the recovery process, challenging current thinking and promoting new ways of working to promote treatment and awareness. Autism and eating disorders often present in similar ways, whether through restrictive or selective eating behaviours, or rigid or obsessive thought patterns. As a result, individuals may receive treatment for one condition with the other - although present - going undiagnosed. This is a practical guide for the adults supporting this group of teens, recommending changes in policy and practice in order to improve the care of young people experiencing these conditions. Drawing on in-depth case studies highlighting the need for young people and their families to feel understood and listened to, the authors show how we can empower these young people to reach their full emotional and physical potential.Trade ReviewParents, professionals and those who have autism will appreciate this practical and comprehensive guide to understanding the association between autism and eating disorders, and the modifications to therapy that are needed to accommodate the characteristics of autism. This guide will provide much food for thought. -- Tony Attwood, Adjunct Professor, Griffith University, AustraliaA brilliant work... a definite must read for clinicians from both fields of expertise and everyone who is or have a loved one struggling with eating difficulties. It inspires us to think flexibly, to adapt practice, to listen but mostly to work alongside with the individual respecting who they are and what recovery means to them and their family. -- Paola Falcoski MSc, Advanced Specialist Eating Disorders DietitianWritten by an autistic spectrum condition nurse specialist and a dietician specialising in paediatric eating disorders, the book covers topics such as identification of both conditions, diagnosis and recovery, along the way challenging current thinking and promoting new ways of working. Drawing on in-depth case studies highlighting the need for young people and their families to feel understood and listened to, the authors show how, through changes at practice and policy level, these young people can be empowered. * Human Givens Journal *

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Book SynopsisEating disorders are serious conditions that can be hard to treat; however, the chances of overcoming an eating disorder increase when exposure therapy is used as part of the overall treatment strategy. Exposure therapy involves confronting (rather than avoiding) challenging scenarios that evoke distress, and though this technique has typically been used mainly by psychotherapists, people struggling with eating disorders can use it on their own to reduce troubling eating behaviors. Eat Without Fear provides practical, reader-friendly information about this innovative, scientifically-supported approach, as well as guidance on how to apply it effectively to beat an eating disorder using a team approach that involves family members, friends, and other loved ones. Readers will benefit from the use of easy-to-understand language describing the key concepts of eating disorders and how exposure therapy can help treat them. Additionally, the book guides readers through therapeutic activities t

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Book SynopsisA narrative, in graphic novel form, of a young woman coming of age while struggling with an eating disorder and family dysfunction. Documents the author’s battle with body dysmorphic disorder, anorexia nervosa, and bulimia, which plagued her from her childhood through to adulthood.Trade Review“Extraordinary. . . . Juxtaposing surreal imagery and unvarnished confessions, this intense work opens up the pain of living with an eating disorder, pairing artistic innovation with wrenching confessional.”—starred review Publishers Weekly“A stylish, touching graphic memoir. I love the square, monochrome format and intelligently playful layouts. This is a book that deserves your attention.”—Una,author of Becoming Unbecoming“An important story, one that will explain the suffering millions of people endure better than any doctor.”—Andrew C. Smith Tribune News Service“Hofer’s work is sparse, rich with blacks, and heavy on its impact. . . . An uncomfortable read, but one that nevertheless can evoke a lot of feeling and understanding.”—Multiversity Comics“The narrator’s life story, told with occasional flashbacks and vivid, touching detail, makes a lasting impact on the reader.”—Upper Austria News“In minimalist, symbolic, and expressive visual language, Hofer describes a daily struggle with her own body.”—Sophie Weilandt ORF Culture Monday“It is clear it can serve two purposes: allowing the author to honestly discuss her struggles with anorexia, bulimia, depression, and family conflict while using this as a medium for others who are currently struggling with any of the above topics to gain clarity and insight into another's similar struggle and modicum of success. Given the increased incidence of eating disorders, it is a worthy objective.”—Amy Hess Fischl Doody's Review Service

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Book SynopsisThis primer on anorexia and bulimia is aimed at patients and the people who care about them. Written in straightforward language by two experts, it describes the symptoms and warning signs of eating disorders, explains their presumed causes and complexities, and suggests effective treatments.Trade Review"When Dieting Becomes Dangerous contains all the essential information that families and sufferers need to have to obtain a basic understanding of anorexia and bulimia." - Laura J. Weisberg, Harvard Medical School

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Book SynopsisPraise for the first edition:"...this thoroughly researched and very detailed book provides the serious student of eating disorders with a great deal of useful and constructive information...it provides a complete picture of the individual sufferer's dilemma and notes the wide-ranging behavioural patterns that can occur in these conditions...The authors have made extensive use of their own experiences {of helping people recover} which help to illustrate their findings in a most straightforward and enlightening manner." - British Review of Bulimia and Anorexia Nervosa"This brilliant book helped me and my family to see that the illness is so much more than an effort to control weight. Sharing the book could also provide you with an excellent channel of communication." - The Guardian"...many therapists would benefit from reading this book. If more helpers treated their patients with the authors' degree of empathy and integrity, treatment of anorexia nervosa would tTrade Review"This is well written, covering the subject thoroughly. It is clearly the work of caring clinicians rather than dusty academics. I originally intended just to skim this book but found myself so impressed by it that I not only read it thoroughly but also bought copies for my counseling staff!" - Dr Robert LefeverTable of ContentsIntroduction to the second editionPart oneBeginning to unravel the problemA path through the theoriesControl by any other nameBad medicinePart twoThe picture at low weight and foundations for helpViable weight and the picture that is hiddenThe culture of controlOn becoming a personthrough food controlPart threePerspectives that maintain the ability to helpGetting throughGood medicineTurning aroundTransitionMoving towards a real sense of selfAppendix References Index.

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Book SynopsisThis text provides readers with a concise introduction to the psychology of eating focussing on the psychological and biological processes that underlie eating behaviour. While insights into eating behaviour that has gone wrong, such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, are offered, the primary focus is on 'normal' eating behaviour. Eating Behaviour highlights the way that the brain and body control eating, the environmental factors that infiltrate the consciousness to make us think it is time to eat, and childhood, to unravel how eating behaviour develops within the individual.The text covers the subject of eating and food related behaviour from the five main areas of psychology, developmental, cognitive, social, biological, and psychopathological perspectives. Written in a lively, accessible style, it is designed to give readers a basic understanding of the topic and a platform from which to expand their knowledge of this area. This book is essential reading for psychology aTable of ContentsIntroduction: Widely held assumptions and methodsThe energy demands of the brain - Central mechanisms of eatingStorage and digestion - Peripheral mechanisms of eatingLearning about food – Developmental aspects of eating behaviourChoosing between foods - Cognitive aspects of eating behaviourThe effect of others - Social aspects of eating behaviourGetting inside people's heads: Restraint, emotional eating, disinhibition and their combined effectsDealing with obesity - Dieting and drugsWhen eating behaviour goes wrong - Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa and eating disorders not otherwise specifiedTying up loose ends - Towards a combined theory in eating behaviourAppendix One: The neurochemistry of appetite regulationAppendix Two: The hormonal control of appetite regulationReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisHow does food make you feel?If it''s a source of guilt, shame, or punishment, have you ever stopped to ask why?We''ve become so used to the concept of ''good'' and ''bad'' foods that we barely notice the drastic statement we''re making when we say we are a bad person for eating something sweet. In FOOD THERAPY, Pixie Turner presents a new approach to our relationship with food. Instead of focusing on rules, reduction and restriction, this practical book will help you uncover the psychological roots of your eating habits - and introduce you to a new mindset that will free you from a destructive relationship with food. Whether you struggle with disordered eating, body image problems, or feel trapped by diet culture, Pixie''s experience as a registered nutritionist and psychotherapist allows her to guide you through how your feelings affect what you eat. By showing how our eating habits are often an attempt at solving underlying problems, and how to faTrade ReviewEssential reading for your mental and physical health - I am beyond happy that this book finally exists. Anything Pixie Turner touches will make you feel better, and reading this book is like seeing a new therapist. There isn't a human being on this Earth who doesn't need to read this book. The only thing that could make this book better is if I had been able to read it when I was a lot younger -- Sofie Hagen, author of HAPPY FAT and host of WHO HURT YOU

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Book SynopsisThis important book shows how psychotherapy can address severe eating disorders in children and young people, illustrating the ways an imprisoned self can be released from suffering. The book features a range of case studies while addressing core issues such as self-harm, hallucinations and the threat of suicide, as well as related topics such as depression and psychosis. Illustrating the psychological roots to eating disorders, it places therapy within hospital, clinical and multi-disciplinary contexts, as well as displaying how psychoanalytic theory can be applied across various settings and in different teams. Written by an eminent author in the field, this will be a key text for anyone wishing to understand eating disorders in children from a psychotherapeutic and psychoanalytic dimension.Trade Review"Jeanne Magagna displays a rare combination of psychoanalytic rigour firmly based in infant observation, combined with a deep knowledge and experience of working with other modalities and disciplines, in order to understand and treat the complexity of children and adolescents with eating disorders and their families. Her compassion for the young people’s suffering shines through in the many case examples, showing the therapeutic perseverance needed as well as a strong belief in the rightful need of these children for a container to process their emotional experiences sometimes for the first time. She emphasises the early infantile and primitive anxieties at the core of these children’s suffering. She shows the resources needed to help these children and their families to bear these anxieties. This valuable book is for professionals working with this client group as well as with the parents who suffer the torments of living with such an unforgiving illness."Ricky Emanuel B.Sc. M.Sc. MACP MBPC, Consultant Child, Adolescent and Adult Psychotherapist, Teacher and Supervisor – Tavistock Clinic London, Birmingham Trust for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Centro Studi Martha Harris, Florence"With her wealth of experience as a practitioner and a teacher Jeanne Magagna deals with difficult patients who are prone to self-harm and suicide. Her innate ability to connect to them and their parents with kindness, gentleness and clear thought frees the anorectic young person’s vulnerable self. Her honest and open clinical accounts go beyond recognizing the patient’s projections to being genuinely affected by them, and then working through her own counter transference experiences. The most satisfactory therapeutic outcome is achieved when parents are helped through parents’ groups, couple therapy and family therapy to work with the children to repair broken connections. A worldwide must-read for professionals, parents and young people, particularly those concerned about eating disorders."Micky Bhatia, Child Analyst and Training and Supervisory Analyst, Indian Psychoanalytical Society "What happens when the relationship to the internalised parents is too conflictual and anxieties cannot be contained emotionally? At some point, either during childhood or adolescence, severe eating disorder may appear, along with the threat of death. Jeanne Magagna brings us close to this complex and desolate emotional territory, plagued with nightmares, feelings of persecution, and degrees of retreats so severe that language fails. She describes her clinical approach in detail, based on the establishment of a sensitive individual therapeutic relationship, the analysis of transference and countertransference, and belief in the beauty and goodness of the mother, her mind, her body, and her interiority. By building a container for those primitive terrors which were never contained, and enhancing the containing function of the parents, the multidisciplinary team arrives at emotional understanding and recovery of the children and their families. Beautiful task, beautiful book."Mónica Cardenal, Training Analyst, Psychoanalytic Association of Buenos Aires. COCAP IPA, Child and Adolescent Psychoanalysis Committee Co-Chair Latin America. Supervisor in the Early Childhood Area and Director of Infant Observation post graduate Course, according to Mrs. Bick’s method, Tavistock Clinic model, Pediatric Mental Health Service, Italian Hospital. Co-editor with Jeanne Magagna of Revista Internacional de Observación de bebés, Gradiva, Peru (2018) "This important book flows from many years of experience, written by one of the leading psychotherapists in the field of eating disorders. Magagna’s extensive knowledge, her compassion and insightful wisdom are woven throughout its pages. She guides the reader though the work of communicating with distressed young people and exploring their emotional experience and the nature of our relationships and interactions with them, always focussed on enhancing therapeutic understanding. Numerous clinical examples bring these themes to life and will resonate with anyone working with young people with eating disorders. The writing is open, honest and reflective throughout.This text will appeal to all therapists – irrespective of training, professional discipline, or theoretical persuasion – interested in opening their minds, and seeking to improve their own understanding of the young people with whom they work. In this way Magagna indeed allows the door to be opened a little wider for countless emotionally imprisoned young people to be able to take those vital steps forward towards release."Rachel Bryant-Waugh, BSc, MSc, DPhil, FAED, Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Lead Clinician ARFID Service, Maudsley Centre for Child and Adolescent Eating Disorder, London, UK"Jeanne Magagna shares with us her many years’ expertise in working with young people who suffer severely, and with the families and the caretakers committed to helping them decide to live. Jeanne emphasizes the therapist’s empathy in bearing their hatred, disregard, being closed out from children who cannot trust, who are depressed, suicidal, in a claustrum, catatonic or suffering hallucinations. With detailed, close-in clinical examples, Jeanne shows how she works in the countertransference as a way to understand her patients’ suffering. Read the book from beginning to end! You will feel fortified to move forward in your own work. You will be moved! Jeanne’s closing remarks about her own emotional growth in working with these children will leave you teary-eyed and grateful."Nancy Bakalar, MD, FABP, Supervising Analyst, IIPT, Chevy Chase, MD and Faculty, Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis, Denver, Colorado"Reading Magagna’s book on releasing the imprisoned self is like sitting in a library with an old friend, taking you on a journey from the very earliest stages of development of the child’s mind, describing various ways in which this can go off course and develop into one form of an eating disorder or another. Interweaving rich observational and clinical material with theoretical illuminations drawn from the writings of leading psychoanalytic minds, Jeanne Magagna breathes meaning and hope into the therapist’s mind to deal with young people who are often terribly hard to reach and help.This publication offers a treasure trove of compassionate insights into the minds of people with eating disorders, particularly those with anorexia nervosa. The insights will resonate with and illuminate not only the clinician familiar with psychoanalytic ways of working, but all clinicians dealing with young people with eating disorders and their families, addressing common challenges that make these conditions some of the most difficult to treat."Jeremy Freeman, Clinical Psychologist, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Development Director, Australia & New Zealand Academy for Eating DisordersTable of Contents1. The Theatre of the Mouth 2. Ways of Assessing Children with Severe Eating Difficulties 3. Individual Therapy in the Context of a Multidisciplinary Eating Disorder Team 4. Family Therapy with a Boy with Eating Disorders 5. The Eye Turned Inward: Psychotic Anxieties Underlying Some Eating Disorders 6. Suicidal and Self-harm Ideation Accompanying Eating Disorders 7. Pervasive Retreat: ‘I didn't want to die but I had to’ 8. The Imprisoned Self

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Book Synopsis"Invaluable to clinicians, parents, teenagers, and adults who are struggling with anorexia." —Lynn E. Ponton, M.D.

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Book Synopsis"In this comprehensive book, Dr. Kathryn Zerbe provides guidance to clinicians by skillfully modeling an approach…informed by clinical practice and the empirical literature….Zerbe is recognized as a leader in the field of eating disorders."--Kamryn T. Eddy, PhD, Department of Psychiatry Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical SchoolTrade Review"Reading Kathryn Zerbe’s most recent work is like consulting with a wise and trusted supervisor. Extremely well written, comprehensive, engaging, and in many ways, validating, this is one of the most complete books on eating disorders that I have come across." -- Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry"[A]n enlightening tool for all mental health professionals undertaking the challenge of treating eating disorders. Filled with applicable and feasible knowledge, this resource outlines how to confront the multifaceted issue of eating disorders in a more effective and thoughtful way." -- Jillian D. Farrell - Somatic Psychotherapy Today"[E]ngaging as it is informative and though-provoking….a generous compendium of the extensive knowledge of a gifted clinician-scholar…appropriate for a wide audience but will be especially useful to specialist clinicians….One completes this book feeling richly informed and eager to refer back to it for ongoing guidance." -- The Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic"In this comprehensive book, Dr. Kathryn Zerbe provides guidance to clinicians by skillfully modeling an approach…informed by clinical practice and the empirical literature….Zerbe is recognized as a leader in the field of eating disorders….is an excellent writer who has a grasp of the clinical, theoretical, and empirical research in the field of eating disorders." -- The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease"[A]n outstanding addition to the current literature on eating disorders….This volume is such a gift to those who work with eating disordered patients…It is highly recommended for clinicians from all backgrounds and can also serve as a valuable source of information for patients and family members. If a clinician or trainee wanted to find a single source for eating disorder education at multiple levels, this would be the text to recommend." -- Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

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Book SynopsisThe highly respected and widely known Anorexia Nervosa: A Survival Guide for Sufferers and Friends was written in 1997. This long-awaited new edition builds on the work of the first book, providing essential new and updated research outcomes on anorexia nervosa. It offers a unique insight and guidance into the recovery process for those who suffer from an eating disorder as well as advice and information for their loved ones. Written collaboratively by both an expert in the field and someone with personal experience of eating disorders, this book offers exceptional understanding of the issues surrounding the illness. Divided into four sections, it includes: an outline of anorexia nervosa coping strategies for sufferers advice and information for families, carers and friends guidelines for professionals who are involved in the sufferer's life. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements. Introduction. About the Authors. Section I: An Overview. What is Anorexia Nervosa? Avoid the Blame Game. Centuries of Trying to Understand Food Refusal. Section II: For Sufferers. Starting the Recovery Journey. Understanding Your Self. The Dangers of Anorexia Nervosa. Body Composition and Nutrition. Digging Deeper: Understanding Personality Patterns. Links in Generations. Recovery IS Possible. Section III: For Families, Carers and Friends. Helping to Eliminate the Eating Disorder. Pulling Together as a Family. Confronting the Eating Challenge. Recovery is More Than Gaining Weight. Section IV: Guidelines for Professionals. Guidelines for Therapists and Carers. The Family Doctor – Making a Diagnosis. Guidelines for School Staff. Where to get Support. Appendix.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current obesity epidemic among children and adolescents. The book addresses several themes in pediatric and adolescent obesity. Experts in the field discuss the prevalence, etiology, and sequelae of pediatric and adolescent obesity, as well as the medical and behavioral assessment of the overweight child, adolescent, and family. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of the wide range of approaches to pediatric and adolescent obesity treatment, in order to promote an individualized approach that will best fit the patient and family.Table of ContentsMoore, O’Donohue, Scott, Overview. Part I: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Socio-cultural Considerations. Boyland, Halford, Blundell, Psychobiological Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Goossens, Vlierberghe, Braet, Disordered Eating: Differential Diagnoses and Comorbidity. Davis, Cooper, Robinson, Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Freed, Anti-fat Attitudes: A Barrier to Best Practice. Part II: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding: Relevant Process Variables. Williams, Zhe, Resetar, Axelrod, Friman, The Role of Contingency Management and Parent Training in the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Frankel, Sinton, Wilfley, Social Skills Training and the Treatment of Pediatric Overweight. Diewald, Faith, Parent Feeding Practices and Child Overweight. Rachlin, Ten Messages for Weight Control from Teleological Behaviorism. Moore, O’Donohue, Hedonic Approach to Pediatric and Adolescent Weight Management. Part III: Treatment Approaches: A Stepped Care Perspective. Lustig, Intensive Approaches to the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Braet, Tanghe, Moens, Inpatient Treatment of Severely Obese Children. Johnston, Tyler, Foreyt, Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Overweight Treatment. Moore, O’Donohue, Examining Family-based Treatments for Pediatric Overweight: A Review of the Literature and Conceptual Analysis. A. N. Adams, M. A. Adams, Behavioral Treatment of the Overweight Child and Families in Medical Settings. Story, Kaphingst, School-based Prevention of Child and Adolescent Obesity. Katz, Public Health Approaches to the Control of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Part IV: Nutritional Approaches. Sigman-Grant, Nutrition Education Basics: Navigating the Food Environment. Satter, The Satter Feeding Dynamics Model of Child Overweight Definition, Prevention and Intervention. Scott, Protecting Growth and Maintaining Optimal Nutrition.

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Book SynopsisThis volume brings together behavioral, medical, and public health approaches and provides the knowledge necessary for a wide range of practitioners to effectively address the current obesity epidemic among children and adolescents. The book addresses several themes in pediatric and adolescent obesity. Experts in the field discuss the prevalence, etiology, and sequelae of pediatric and adolescent obesity, as well as the medical and behavioral assessment of the overweight child, adolescent, and family. The book offers a comprehensive understanding of the wide range of approaches to pediatric and adolescent obesity treatment, in order to promote an individualized approach that will best fit the patient and family.Table of ContentsMoore, O’Donohue, Scott, Overview. Part I: Etiology, Diagnosis, and Socio-cultural Considerations. Boyland, Halford, Blundell, Psychobiological Approach to the Prevention and Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Goossens, Vlierberghe, Braet, Disordered Eating: Differential Diagnoses and Comorbidity. Davis, Cooper, Robinson, Culturally Sensitive Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Freed, Anti-fat Attitudes: A Barrier to Best Practice. Part II: Toward a More Comprehensive Understanding: Relevant Process Variables. Williams, Zhe, Resetar, Axelrod, Friman, The Role of Contingency Management and Parent Training in the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Frankel, Sinton, Wilfley, Social Skills Training and the Treatment of Pediatric Overweight. Diewald, Faith, Parent Feeding Practices and Child Overweight. Rachlin, Ten Messages for Weight Control from Teleological Behaviorism. Moore, O’Donohue, Hedonic Approach to Pediatric and Adolescent Weight Management. Part III: Treatment Approaches: A Stepped Care Perspective. Lustig, Intensive Approaches to the Treatment of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Braet, Tanghe, Moens, Inpatient Treatment of Severely Obese Children. Johnston, Tyler, Foreyt, Behavioral Approaches to Childhood Overweight Treatment. Moore, O’Donohue, Examining Family-based Treatments for Pediatric Overweight: A Review of the Literature and Conceptual Analysis. A. N. Adams, M. A. Adams, Behavioral Treatment of the Overweight Child and Families in Medical Settings. Story, Kaphingst, School-based Prevention of Child and Adolescent Obesity. Katz, Public Health Approaches to the Control of Pediatric and Adolescent Obesity. Part IV: Nutritional Approaches. Sigman-Grant, Nutrition Education Basics: Navigating the Food Environment. Satter, The Satter Feeding Dynamics Model of Child Overweight Definition, Prevention and Intervention. Scott, Protecting Growth and Maintaining Optimal Nutrition.

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Book SynopsisThis is an edited book that brings together many of the most distinguished researchers and clinicians in the field of food misuse. The papers included are drawn from the conferences on psychological approaches to eating disorders and obesity held at the University of Hertfordshire in 2005 and 2006. It presents current research while focusing on the application of this new knowledge. It covers both eating disorders and obesity in one volume, thus positioning obesity firmly at one end of the food misuse continuum. Chapters will cover subjects such as psychological and cultural aspects of food use, using CBT for treating eating disorders, and CBT group therapy for obesity.Trade Review“The programs outlined here will be of vital interest to those exploring the internal dynamics of eating disorders and obesity. Summing Up: Highly recommended. Graduate students and professionals.” (CHOICE, March 2009)Table of ContentsAbout the Editors. List of Contributors. PART I OVERVIEW. Introduction – Psychological Responses to Eating Disorders and Obesity: An Overview (Julia Buckroyd and Sharon Rother). 1 The Many Meanings of Food and their Impact on Eating Behaviour (Jane Ogden). PART II ANOREXIA NERVOSA. 2 Using an Evidence-Based Approach to Develop New Tailored Treatment for Anorexia Nervosa (Carolina Lopez, Marion Roberts, Ana Sepulveda and Janet Treasure). 3 Eating Disorders: Breaking the Intergenerational Cycle through Group Therapy – The Effects of the Group Experience (Sarah Barnett, Julia Buckroyd and Karen Windle). PART III BULIMIA NERVOSA. 4 Current Thinking on Working with People with Bulimia Nervosa and Bulimic Disorders (Glenn Waller). 5 Addressing Emotions in the Eating Disorders: Schema Mode Work (Emma Corstorphine). PART IV OBESITY AND BINGE EATING. 6 Psychological Group Treatment for Obese Women (Julia Buckroyd and Sharon Rother). 7 Food for the Soul: Social and Emotional Origins of Comfort Eating in the Morbidly Obese (Patricia Goodspeed Grant). 8 Cognitive Behaviour Group Therapy for Obesity and Binge Eating Disorder (Saskia Keville, Verity Byrne, Madeleine Tatham and Gerry McCarron). 9 A Feminist, Psychotherapeutic Approach to Working with Women who Eat Compulsively (Colleen Heenan). 10 Changes in Eating Behaviour following Group Therapy for Women who Binge Eat: A Pilot Study (Deborah Seamoore, Julia Buckroyd and David Stott). Index.

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