The Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

by M.S.W. Nancy J. Kolodny M.A. M.S.W. L.C.S.W.

Questions and awareness activities are at the heart of this book, offering a variety of ways in which readers can pinpoint problems, identify negative triggers" and diffuse them. The text, written in a calm, conversational tone, is sprinkled with insights and inspiring quotes from the author’s clients and readers. Ideas are explained in language accessible to teenagers without being concesdending. Includes special sections on athletes, tips for avoiding relapse, basic facts about nutrition, and the role that families play in recovery. This is a self-help guide in the truest sense because, while not ignoring the role of the therapist in treatment, it places the primary responsibility for recovery in the hands of the individual, where lasting change must begin.

Genres: Self Help

224 pages, Paperback

First published March 11, 2004

Reviews

[TAMUSA Student Counseling]

Available at the TAMU-SA Library:
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[Izlinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Since what I've read pertaining to ED's were more memoirs than actual guides or self-help books, I don't have other books to hold as a standard. As such, it is written in a rather simple, no-nonsense manner. The checklists at the end of each chapter were useful as were some of the links/tests mentioned/shown. It was interesting to know she was the mother of Marya's (author of Wasted) roommate's at Interlochen.

[Carlee · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery provides a good intro to eating disorders. However, it covers only anorexia and bulimia, without mentioning some of the other "habits" that eating disorder sufferers may employ (like ruminating and pica). The part of the book that focused on recovery was a bit too patronizing for my taste, though.

[athba]

i red this well DNFed it i skipped a load of pages i wanted to see if its a good fit to send to my parents but i just i dont think they’ll get it ig? its not the books fault tho