Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

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.
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Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

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.
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Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

by Nancy J. Kolodny
Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery

by Nancy J. Kolodny

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780936077451
Publisher: Gurze Books
Publication date: 11/10/2003
Edition description: New Edition
Pages: 228
Sales rank: 243,503
Product dimensions: 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Age Range: 12 - 18 Years

Table of Contents

Introductionxi
Part IEating Disorders Explained
1A Quick Peek at Eating Disorders17
2Body-Image, Self-Image, and Self-Esteem25
3When Habits Become Obsessions, Compulsions, or Addictions43
4Straight Facts About Anorexia55
5Straight Facts About Bulimia78
Part IIEating Disorders Recovery
6First Steps Towards Recovery97
7Coming Out119
8What to Expect in Therapy138
9Choosing a Therapist157
10Working with a Nutritionist166
11Sustaining Recovery176
12Helping Someone with an Eating Disorder193
Definitions of Eating Disorders216
Suggested Reading and Sources Cited219
Index225
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