Eating Disorders Books
A Systemic Treatment of Bulimia Nervosa: Women in Transition
This text presents an approach to working with women who have bulimia nervosa which is based on research showing that bulimia nervosa involves interpersonal, social and societal factors as well as... (more)
In and Out of Anorexia: The Story of the Client, the Therapist and the Process of Recovery
Ayelet spent six years of her adolescence in and out of hospital, having been diagnosed as suffering from a severe anorexia disorder. She is now a special-needs teacher. In the first part of this... (more)
Eating Disorders: New Directions in Treatment and Recovery
A collection of essays by psychotherapists who specialize in the treatment of anorexia nervosa and bulimia. While most of the literature on eating disorders is specialized and technical, this book... (more)
Eating disorders: Time for change
This collection for therapists and clients presents practical how-to information for the treatment of eating disorders. The authors, clinicians with vast treatment experience, have kept the needs of... (more)
Anorexia Nervosa and Recovery: A Hunger for Meaning
Through the voices of twenty-one women, Karen Way presents the most objective, complete, and compassionate picture of what anorexia nervosa is about and, more importantly, of the complex individual... (more)
Special Problems in Managing Eating Disorders
A group of experienced clinicians and researchers examine some of the most troublesome and challenging problems which clinicians who treat patients with eating disorders face. Illustrated with case... (more)
From fasting saints to anorexic girls: The history of self-starvation
Down the centuries self-starvation has taken many morbid guises. This story culminates in the 19th century labelling of anorexia nervosa, a condition which has since attracted a host of theories and... (more)
Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders: A Practical Guide to Solution Focused Work with Clients
Offering practitioners a guide to clinically sound treatment and drawing from her own clinical experience as founder of the Eating Disorders Recovery Centre, the author demonstrates the benefits of... (more)
When your child has an eating disorder: A step-by-step workbook for parents and other caregivers
A hands-on workbook that shows parents how to intervene when they suspect their child has an eating disorder. The book shows how to recognize, confront and conquer the disorder, presenting it as a... (more)
Comparative Treatments of Eating Disorders
This volume addresses the treatment of eating disorders from the perspective of nine experts, each representing a specific treatment modality from psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavioural therapy,... (more)
Eating Disorders: A Multi-Professional Approach
This text aims to provide the reader with a wide and in-depth understanding of the conditions of Anorexia and Bulimia. It brings together a range of perspectives and includes theoretical and clinical... (more)
The Thin Book: Hypnotherapy Trance Scripts for Weight Management
This collection of discrete hypnotherapy scripts is designed to aid clinicians in helping their clients deal with the complex, often lifelong issue of weight management. The scripts can also be used... (more)
Bulimia Nervosa: A Cognitive Therapy Program For Clients
This manual is written for professionals working with people suffering with bulimia nervosa and for sufferers themselves. It provides a framework for understanding what maintains the disorder and why... (more)
Anorexia Nervosa: Patient's Log Book
This log book brings together the in-patient version originally designed by Professor Arthur Crisp and Dr Kingsley Norton for use by people undergoing treatment in the Anorexia Nervosa Unit at... (more)
Eating Disorders and Magical Control of the Body: Treatment Through Art Therapy
Opens with an examination of the concept of magical thinking and its relationship to the wider concepts of magic. This type of thinking is then linked to ideas about eating in a variety of settings... (more)
More than just a meal: The art of eating disorders
An exploration of how art therapy can be integrated into a multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of eating disorders. It discusses the creative work and personal accounts of around thirty... (more)
Eating Disorders, Food and Occupational Therapy
This text presents a detailed examination of anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, food and occupational therapy, and offers a comprehensive resource for all those with an academic or professional... (more)
Trauma, dissociation, and impulse dyscontrol in eating disorders:
This volume offers a realistic discussion of the complexity of the treatment of traumatic and dissociative experiences in eating disorders. The authors investigate critical issues concerning... (more)
Anorexics on anorexia
In this work, recovering sufferers of anorexia nervosa describe in their own words their personal experiences of this illness, providing not only support for fellow sufferers, but also useful... (more)
Eating Disorders and Marital Relationships
Anorexia and bulimia are on the increase in the Western world and the disease is now recognised to no longer be only a problem for teenage girls, but older women as well. Most older women either do... (more)
Culture and weight consciousness
The author looks at the recent emergence of eating disorders in non-Western cultures and links it to the same socio-cultural model of causation as found in the Western world. This leads her to... (more)
Clinician's Guide: Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e): Survival Kit for Sufferers of Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorders
The publication of Getting Better Bit(e) by Bit(e), written by two eating disorder specialists at London's world-famous Maudsley Hospital, was a milestone in the treatment of bulimia. For the first... (more)
Embodiment and Eating Disorders: Theory, Research, Prevention, and Treatment
This is an insightful and essential new volume for academics and professionals interested in the lived experience of those who struggle with disordered eating. Embodiment and Eating Disorders... (more)
Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body
'I ate and ate and ate in the hopes that if I made myself big, my body would be safe. I buried the girl I was because she ran into all kinds of trouble. I tried to erase every memory of her, but she... (more)
Veganism and Eating Disorder Recovery
This book addresses the eating disorder field’s misconceptions about veganism with the goal of realigning the discourse about veganism and non-veganism in eating disorder recovery.
Veganism and... (more)
Body Neutrality: Finding Acceptance and Liberation in a Body-Focused Culture
This practical, accessible book teaches readers how to practice healthy body image habits and let go of an emphasis on body image through research, activities, and personal stories.
Body... (more)