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Beating Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Self-Help Guide for Adult Sufferers and their Carers
Do you or does someone you know suffer from an eating disorder, such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or a less typical set of symptoms? The most effective, evidence-based treatment for adults with eating disorders is cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). This book presents a highly effective self-help CBT programme for all eating disorders, in an accessible format. It teaches skills to sufferers and carers alike. This book is relevant to any sufferer, if: • You are not yet sure about whether to seek help • You are not sure where to find help • Your family doctor or others recommend that you try a self-help approach • You are waiting for therapy with a clinician, and want to get the best possible start to beating your eating disorder
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214 pages, Paperback
First published September 29, 2006
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March 9, 2012
*A good first step on the path of recovery*
Although not a stand-alone tool for the treatment of a serious eating disorder, _Beating Your Eating Disorder_ does offer valuable information for eating disorder sufferers and their loved ones. The book also offers a plethora of practical self-help tools, including strategies for: incorporating regular, balanced meals and snacks; maintaining a food diary; developing healthy alternative coping behaviors; setting, modifying, and achieving specific short- and long-term goals; staying motivated throughout the recovery process; developing appropriate support systems; implementing introspective and revealing questionnaires and writing exercises; and using specific cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, such as thought records, data logs, flashcards, behavioral experiments, surveys, and exposure to anxiety. Equally valuable is the comprehensive appendix which presents the cold-hard, undeniable facts about the consequences of eating disorders.
However, as the authors themselves note in the forward, this book is not enough for those who have serious eating disorder complications. It is intended to educate someone who is struggling with an eating disorder, but has not yet made the decision to begin formal therapy. And, while the the book's cognitive behavioral approach to eating disorder treatment has been empirically validated and is invaluable in illuminating the connections between thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and physical symptoms, it often needs to be supplemented with other, more interpersonal therapeutic approaches in order to adequately address the deeper issues that typically underlie the eating disorder.
I'd recommend this book for eating disorder sufferers and their loved ones who are on the fence about beginning formal therapy, but ready to start making some informed changes. It's a good first step, and ideally one that will be followed by many more on the individual's appropriate path to eating disorder recovery.
Although not a stand-alone tool for the treatment of a serious eating disorder, _Beating Your Eating Disorder_ does offer valuable information for eating disorder sufferers and their loved ones. The book also offers a plethora of practical self-help tools, including strategies for: incorporating regular, balanced meals and snacks; maintaining a food diary; developing healthy alternative coping behaviors; setting, modifying, and achieving specific short- and long-term goals; staying motivated throughout the recovery process; developing appropriate support systems; implementing introspective and revealing questionnaires and writing exercises; and using specific cognitive behavioral therapy techniques, such as thought records, data logs, flashcards, behavioral experiments, surveys, and exposure to anxiety. Equally valuable is the comprehensive appendix which presents the cold-hard, undeniable facts about the consequences of eating disorders.
However, as the authors themselves note in the forward, this book is not enough for those who have serious eating disorder complications. It is intended to educate someone who is struggling with an eating disorder, but has not yet made the decision to begin formal therapy. And, while the the book's cognitive behavioral approach to eating disorder treatment has been empirically validated and is invaluable in illuminating the connections between thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and physical symptoms, it often needs to be supplemented with other, more interpersonal therapeutic approaches in order to adequately address the deeper issues that typically underlie the eating disorder.
I'd recommend this book for eating disorder sufferers and their loved ones who are on the fence about beginning formal therapy, but ready to start making some informed changes. It's a good first step, and ideally one that will be followed by many more on the individual's appropriate path to eating disorder recovery.
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