4 options
The overweight patient : a psychological approach to understanding and working with obesity / Kathy Leach.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Leach, Kathy.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Obesity--Psychological aspects.
- Obesity.
- Obesity--Treatment.
- Overweight persons--Psychology.
- Overweight persons.
- Transactional analysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley, 2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The book explores the underlying beliefs and behaviours that may contribute to obesity, including psychological needs, addiction, fear of deprivation, parental influences and sexual fears. The author draws a useful distinction between the need to eat and the need to maintain a large body size, and addresses both LT obesity and ST weight gain.
- Contents:
- COVER; The Overweight Patient; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; 1 Obesity and Therapy; 2Cultural and ParentInfluences on DecisionsRegarding Weight; 3Clinical Considerations in Workingwith the Overweight Patient; 4Losing Weight, Maintaining Lossand Regaining Weight; 5Inquiry and Diagnosis; 6Ego States; 7The Parent Ego State; 8The Child Ego State; 9The Adult Ego State; 10Psychological Hungers; 11Games; 12The Creation of the Bodyand Eating Functionsas Defence Structures; GLOSSARY OF CLINICAL AND TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS TERMS; REFERENCES; RECOMMENDED READING; SUBJECT INDEX; AUTHOR INDEX
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610738038
- 9781280738036
- 1280738030
- 9781846425202
- 1846425204
- OCLC:
- 476048093
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.