Beyond a Shadow of a Diet: The Therapist's Guide to Treating Compulsive Eating Disorders

by Judith Matz, Ellen Frankel

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.

424 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 1, 2004

Reviews

[Trisha · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book talks about treating clients with binging and obsessive eating. It tells ways to help them eat when they are hungry and to feel when they are full. It talks about weight at any size- people to accept their body and feel good about it.