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What Does Eating Disorder Recovery Look Like? : Answers to Your Questions about Therapy and Recovery.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Giombini, Lucia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Eating disorders--Treatment.
- Eating disorders.
- Psychotherapy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (205 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2023.
- Summary:
- This book, 'What Does Eating Disorder Recovery Look Like? Answers to Your Questions about Therapy and Recovery' by Lucia Giombini and Sophie Nesbitt, is a comprehensive guide for understanding and navigating the complexities of eating disorder recovery. It addresses common questions and concerns faced by individuals suffering from eating disorders, as well as their families and support networks. The authors explore the nature and types of eating disorders, their causes, and the impact of external factors such as the COVID-19 pandemic. They delve into the psychological aspects of food-related anxieties and body image issues, emphasizing the importance of personalized therapy and the potential for recovery. The book aims to provide clarity and hope by outlining therapeutic approaches and strategies for managing symptoms, fostering emotional well-being, and planning for long-term recovery. It is intended for individuals with eating disorders, their families, and professionals in the mental health field. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Intro
- What Does Eating Disorder Recovery Look Like?
- Cover
- Of related interest
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Acknowledgements
- 1. Why This Book?
- Why and how we have written this book
- Our letter
- 2. What Are Eating Disorders?
- Eating disorders are difficult to understand
- What are eating disorders?
- Different types of eating disorders
- What causes eating disorders?
- How common are eating disorders?
- The COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on eating disorders
- Risk assessment and the importance of physical risk management
- Treatment approaches
- 3. What Is So Important about Food?
- Why does food become the enemy?
- Food to survive
- Food to be (or not to be) with others
- Food to feel
- 4. Why Don't I Like My Body?
- I have a body, I am my own body
- The development of body image
- The inability to see ourselves
- The obsession to see ourselves
- 'You won't hurt me any more!'
- 5. Is Recovery Possible?
- The meaning of recovery
- Perspectives on recovery
- Living with and tolerating uncertainty
- 6. What Happens in Therapy?
- The therapeutic process: A circular pathway
- The initial phase of therapy
- Aspects of the therapeutic relationship
- What do we talk about in therapy?
- From managing the eating disorder symptoms...
- ...to searching for meaning
- Your emotional needs are important
- The pitfalls of comparison
- Perfectionism
- 7. When Does Therapy End?
- Before ending
- Therapeutic endings
- Afterword
- References
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Giombini, Lucia What Does Eating Disorder Recovery Look Like?
- ISBN:
- 9781839972195
- 183997219X
- OCLC:
- 1392342842
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