Re-Thinking Eating Disorders: Language, Emotion, and the Brain

by Barbara Pearlman

In Re-Thinking Eating Language, Emotion, and the Brain , Barbara Pearlman integrates ideas from psychoanalysis, developmental psychology and cutting-edge neuroscience to produce a model of neural emotional processing which may underpin the development of an eating disorder. Based on clinical observations over 30 years, this book explores how state change from symbolic to concrete thinking may be a key event that precedes an eating disorder episode. The book introduces this theory, and offers clinicians working with these challenging clients an entirely new model for internal language enhancement therapy (ILET). This easily teachable therapy is explored throughout the book with case studies and detailed descriptions of therapeutic techniques. Re-Thinking Eating Disorders will appeal to students and practitioners working with this clinical group who are seeking an up-to-date and integrative approach to therapy.

214 pages, Paperback

Published July 26, 2018

Reviews

[Stephen Wander · Rating 5 out of 5]

Both a map and a compass

Ever wondered what makes you tick and importantly why? This book is a useful dive into how we think and what drives our behaviours. If thoughtfully read, goes well beyond the title page and permits us to plumb our own minds and work out what we agency we can take to strengthen our strengths, improve our vulnerabilities and tackle our limiting beliefs. Worth an active participation, if you will.