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Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa: A Self-Help Guide Using Cognitive Behavioural Techniques
Break free from the vicious cycle of anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa affects both men and women, of all age groups and social classes, internationally. For both the sufferer and the friends and family who care for them, the impact of the illness can be devastating. However, it can be treated effectively using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
This self-help book provides support to battle this notorious and widespread eating disorder and has been used effectively with many patients in clinical settings. Using CBT techniques, you will learn
Understand the many forms and causes of anorexia nervosa
Challenge negative thinking and behaviour
Improve your body image
Develop coping strategies for the future
These clinically proven tools form a complete recovery programme, with practical exercises and worksheets.
Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well scheme.
Series Professor Peter Cooper
Anorexia nervosa affects both men and women, of all age groups and social classes, internationally. For both the sufferer and the friends and family who care for them, the impact of the illness can be devastating. However, it can be treated effectively using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT).
This self-help book provides support to battle this notorious and widespread eating disorder and has been used effectively with many patients in clinical settings. Using CBT techniques, you will learn
Understand the many forms and causes of anorexia nervosa
Challenge negative thinking and behaviour
Improve your body image
Develop coping strategies for the future
These clinically proven tools form a complete recovery programme, with practical exercises and worksheets.
Overcoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well scheme.
Series Professor Peter Cooper
- GenresPsychology
320 pages, Paperback
Published March 7, 2019
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November 25, 2019
A very insightful and current update in the Overcoming series.
Proposes some genuinely interesting theories about the origins and development of Anorexia Nervosa, and does not shy away from mentioning binge-purging behaviours as part of this Eating Disorder.
It uses a structured format which suits me well, and probably for the majority of people suffering AN. Each chapter offers the opportunity to make notes in a dedicated page, as well as a summary of the main points covered. This is an incredibly useful prompt, and now sets the bar for self help books in my opinion.
The layout is clear and concise, as well as diagrams for further clarity. Each chapter takes you through a stage of the process of recovery and deals with related topics such as assertiveness. I believe these to be vitally important and sometimes overlooked.
The only reason that this gets a 4 star instead of 5 is the unnecessary mention of weights in the patient case studies, and that all of them were women, when the synopsis acknowledges men also suffer. It would not have affected the content at all to have phrased some of the exercises as "imagine someone you admire who is not thin, a business person etc..." instead of "imagine a woman..." This language makes parts of it less accessible to men and other gender identities.
Other than that, probably the best recovery manual I have ever read.
Proposes some genuinely interesting theories about the origins and development of Anorexia Nervosa, and does not shy away from mentioning binge-purging behaviours as part of this Eating Disorder.
It uses a structured format which suits me well, and probably for the majority of people suffering AN. Each chapter offers the opportunity to make notes in a dedicated page, as well as a summary of the main points covered. This is an incredibly useful prompt, and now sets the bar for self help books in my opinion.
The layout is clear and concise, as well as diagrams for further clarity. Each chapter takes you through a stage of the process of recovery and deals with related topics such as assertiveness. I believe these to be vitally important and sometimes overlooked.
The only reason that this gets a 4 star instead of 5 is the unnecessary mention of weights in the patient case studies, and that all of them were women, when the synopsis acknowledges men also suffer. It would not have affected the content at all to have phrased some of the exercises as "imagine someone you admire who is not thin, a business person etc..." instead of "imagine a woman..." This language makes parts of it less accessible to men and other gender identities.
Other than that, probably the best recovery manual I have ever read.
October 23, 2023
not my usual type of read but it was extremely helpful in developing my foundation in anorexia nervosa. i read the first edition of this book and some of the language seemed outdated however, this may have been changed in the second edition.
as a self help guide, it serves its purpose to learn how to overcome AN. would recommend to family or friends of someone with AN but wouldn’t recommend it as a form of sole treatment to someone with AN.
as a self help guide, it serves its purpose to learn how to overcome AN. would recommend to family or friends of someone with AN but wouldn’t recommend it as a form of sole treatment to someone with AN.
January 26, 2024
3.5
very insightful
noticed a few flaws within the book though
very insightful
noticed a few flaws within the book though
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