8 keys to recovery from an eating disorder : effective strategies from therapeutic practice and personal experience / Carolyn Costin, Gwen Schubert Grabb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Costin, Carolyn.

Contributor:

Grabb, Gwen Schubert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eating disorders--Treatment.

Eating disorders.

Mind and body.

Physical Description:

xiii, 278 pages ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Eight keys to recovery from an eating disorder

Place of Publication:

New York : W.W. Norton & Co., [2012]

Summary:

If you restrict, binge, purge, excessively diet or weigh yourself, exercise compulsively, or engage routinely and obsessively in any other food or weight related behaviors, this book will help you find the road to recovery. The authors, one a former patient of the other, both have their own histories battling the disorder. Interweaving personal narrative with the perspective of their own therapist-client relationship, their insights bring an unparalleled depth of awareness into just what it takes to successfully beat this clinical issue.

Contents:

Key 1. Motivation, patience, and hope

Key 2. Your healthy self will heal your eating disorder self

Key 3. It's not about the food

Key 4. Feel your feelings, challenge your thoughts

Key 5. It is about the food

Key 6. Changing your behaviors

Key 7. Reach out to people rather than your eating disorder

Key 8. Finding meaning and purpose.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780393706956

0393706958

OCLC:

738350268

Publisher Number:

99967965738