8 keys to recovery from an eating disorder
Subtitle: effective strategies from therapeutic practice and personal experience
By: Carolyn Costin, Gwen Schubert Grabb
Contributors: Grabb, Gwen Schubert
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
ISBN-13: 9780393706956
Subjects: Mind and body; Eating disorders; Treatment
Other titles: Eight keys to recovery from an eating disorder
Description: If you restrict, binge, purge, excessively diet or weigh yourself, exercise compulsively, or engage routinely and obsessively in any other food or weight related behaviors, this book will help you find the road to recovery. The authors, one a former patient of the other, both have their own histories battling the disorder. Interweaving personal narrative with the perspective of their own therapist-client relationship, their insights bring an unparalleled depth of awareness into just what it takes to successfully beat this clinical issue.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Key 1. Motivation, patience, and hope; title: Key 2. Strengthen your healthy self to heal your eating disorder self; title: Key 3. It's not about the food; title: Key 4. Feel your feelings and challenge your thoughts; title: Key 5. It is about the food; title: Key 6. Changing your behaviors; title: Key 7. Reach out to people rather than your eating disorder; title: Key 8. Finding meaning and purpose.