ABSTRACT

This accessible volume will guide therapists of all disciplines through step-by-step treatment of compulsive eating.

The authors introduce the new research related to health, weight, fitness and diet failure, and then discuss a treatment method which advocates eating as guided by physiological signal: eating when you are hungry and stopping when you are full. The book offers tools for therapists to recognize compulsive eating patterns, use their training to address underlying psychological difficulties, and implement therapeutic principles for healing.

Beyond a Shadow of a Diet provides concrete steps for establishing a normal relationship with food and methods for understanding and treating the psychological aspects of compulsive eating.

chapter 1|25 pages

I WANT TO LOSE WEIGHT

chapter 2|27 pages

THE THERAPIST TRAP

chapter 3|30 pages

PRINCIPLES OF THE NON-DIET APPROACH

chapter 4|30 pages

OBSTACLES

chapter 5|21 pages

EMOTIONS

chapter 6|35 pages

BODY IMAGE

chapter 7|21 pages

TREATMENT CONSIDERATIONS

chapter 8|35 pages

REDEFINING HEALTH