Binge No More: Your Guide to Overcoming Disordered Eating with Other

by Joyce D. Nash

In Binge No More , eating disorder specialist Dr. Joyce Nash provides all the information, encouragement, and guidance readers need to transform their relationship with food. Readers will identify with the experiences of other binge eaters whose insightful stories are told throughout the book. Rather than providing a one-size-fits-all solution to binge eating, Dr. Nash provides a variety of sound cognitive therapy techniques and coping strategies to help readers understand their own binge eating problems and overcome them. Therapists and family members concerned about a loved one’s eating disorder will also find this book a valuable resource. Based on the most recent scientific research, and reflecting Dr. Nash’s many years of clinical experience, this authoritative guide presents clear, step-by-step guidelines that show readers how •Assess and change binge behavior patterns
•Confront the negative thoughts that fuel binge eating
•Identify and disarm triggers that set off out-of-control eating
•Cope with emotions and build interpersonal skills
•Establish stable, healthy eating habits and reduce the risk of relapse

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction, Psychology

304 pages, Paperback

First published December 1, 1999

Reviews

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

Although written specifically for those with various eating disorders, it can certainly be helpful in coping with others issues.
My light bulb moment: It's not an event or situation that is stressful, but rather my response to the event or situation that can cause me stress. "Stress has been defined as a particular relationship between the person and the environment that is appraised by the person as taxing or exceeding her resources and endangering her well-being. Stress is not the result of events themselves. Rather, stress is the product of how a person evaluates and copes with events that occur." (pg. 194)

[Morgan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Reading this book again and finding it very useful for working with clients, because it adds DBT perspectives and techniques (mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness) to the standard CBT approach that, I believe, is limited and outdated if used alone. I'm not sure I would recommend anyone use it as a self-help book without a therapist's or a group's support, however.

[Katie Thompson Branson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I specialize in treating Binge Eating Disorder & related binge disorders. I think this is a great entry level book, however I use concepts from two of the chapters revised based upon my clients' needs & my personal clinical experience daily in my work.