ABSTRACT
This three-part workbook offers a concise and forgiving research- based guide to clients’ diffi culties
with sustained weight loss. Part 1 is a review of your client’s previous efforts at weight control and
image change, as well as information and a review of research to help your client understand why
weight loss might not have worked in the past. Part 2 contains information and exercises to help your
client develop a new acceptance of their body and their relationship with food, as well as tools to
develop mindfulness and self- compassion. Part 3 will help your client identify, experiment with, and
commit to values related to food, appearance, and other important areas of life, tackling troublesome
mental and practical barriers along the way.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |32 pages
Your Weight, Your Body
part |28 pages
Body Acceptance
part |36 pages
Can You Live the Life You’ve Always Wanted, in the Body You Have Now?