False bodies, true selves : moving beyond appearance-focused identity struggles and returning to the true-self / Nicole Schnackenberg.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schnackenberg, Nicole, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Body image.

Body image disturbance.

Self-perception.

Body Image--psychology.

Self Concept.

Medical Subjects:

Body Image--psychology.

Self Concept.

Place of Publication:

London : Karnac, 2016.

Summary:

Nicole Schnackenberg is a psychotherapist, teacher, and therapeutic yoga practitioner. She divides her time between her role as a school counselor in Guildford, her practice as a yoga therapist at Special Yoga Foundation in London, and her position as a trustee of the Body Dysmorphic Disorder Foundation. Book jacket.

Contents:

PART I: MIRRORS AND MYTHS

CHAPTER ONE Mirrors and misplaced identities

CHAPTER TWO Embodiment and perceived ugliness

CHAPTER THREE Disturbed selves, disturbing eating

CHAPTER FOUR Altered appearances, questioned identities

CHAPTER FIVE Gender, sexuality, and the pursuit of authenticity

CHAPTER SIX Skin: a canvas for self-expression

CHAPTER SEVEN Shadows of childhood

CHAPTER EIGHT Embraced emotions

CHAPTER NINE Interlude: processes of sight and perception

PART II: SPIRITUAL ASPECTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL DISTRESS

CHAPTER TEN A mindful return to the body

CHAPTER ELEVEN Wholeness through an embrace of the darkness

CHAPTER TWELVE From false selves to true selves: retuning home

PART III: APPENDICES

I: Taking action

II: Supporting and overcoming as a family

III: Mindfulness and body awareness practices for appearance struggles

IV: Avenues of support and further reading.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-295) and index.

ISBN:

1782203966

9781782203964

OCLC:

920719286