Picture Perfect: What You Need to Feel Better About Your Body

by Jill Zimmerman Rutledge

Do you ever wish you looked like someone else? Or that you could skip school because you feel self-conscious about your appearance? Do you think you're fat or ugly, even though everyone says you're fine? So many girls have these kinds of feelings from time to time. The important thing is to find ways of coping with them so they don't stop you from living your life. Picture Perfect will help you see how other girls who struggle with liking themselves have found solutions that really help them feel better about who they are--and their stories will show you ways to feel better too!
Jill Zimmerman Rutledge counsels girls with body-image issues and understands that many girls feel they need to be a 'perfect' all-around girl--including having a 'perfect' appearance. Read other girls' stories about feeling unattractive, worrying about food and weight, finding a unique style, dealing with mean girls--and much more. You'll see how they use positive messages or Special Statements, like 'A beautiful thing is never perfect' or 'I'm a creative chick, not a carbon copy,' to calm down their insecurities. Learn how to discover your own Special Statements and Action Plans so that you too can begin to see your own true beauty--and feel as picture perfect as you already are!
Jill Zimmerman Rutledge, M.S.W., LCSW, is a psychotherapist who has worked with adolescent girls and young women for over twenty years. She is a consultant for Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders (ANAD) and has been featured in numerous publications, including YM, Teen People, and Daughters . Visit the author at www.jillzimmermanrutledge.com.

225 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2007

Reviews

[Tes · Rating 4 out of 5]

I didn't think I had anything to learn from this book, being a bit older than the target audience, but I was very wrong, and whilst I did find some of the concepts in here a bit old school - I really like the new idea of Body Neutrality as opposed to determined Self-Love - I can really appreciate where the author and all the girls in this book are coming from, and all their creative efforts to accept themselves.

[bjneary · Rating 3 out of 5]

For the middle school or junior high girl who is coping with body image and wanting to be society’s idea of picture perfect. Each chapter deals with a major problem that stresses girls out. There are three girls who talk about how they have learned to deal with the problem. This book encourages girls to positively accept themselves.