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Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond
Binge Eating Disorder, written by a clinician and an advocate who have personally struggled with Binge Eating Disorder (BED), illuminates the experience of BED from the patient perspective while also exploring the disorder’s etiological roots and addressing the components of treatment that are necessary for long-term recovery. Accessible for both treatment providers and patients alike, this unique volume aims to explore BED treatment and recovery from both sides of the process while also providing a resource for structuring treatment and building effective interventions. This practical roadmap to understanding, resilience, and lasting change will be useful for anyone working clinically with or close to individuals suffering from BED, as well as those on the recovery journey.
- GenresNonfictionSelf Help
194 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 6, 2018
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September 30, 2018
I’m so happy this book exists. It brings validating voices to the thousands of readers who feel alone in the world. So many people feel they’ve failed diets when In fact the diets have failed them. Pershing and Turner help clients and clinicians alike feel validated and understand why this disorder is so prevalent and deserves compassionate, thoughtful and very realistic treatment. There is so much good packed into this slim book. Well done.
August 23, 2018
This book has such a unique combination of elements that come together to make an insightful and impactful read. A perfect harmony of personal experience, knowledge, and scientific research, Chevese Turner's personal accounts, anonymous comments and insight from real people struggling with binge eating disorder, and professional and scientific knowledge make for a perfect formula. This is an extremely educating and moving book, and I highly recommend it.
January 29, 2019
This is the first book I have ever read specifically about binge eating disorder and was very pleased at how helpful and well written it is.
Not only does it teach you the specifics of BED (binge eating disorder), it helps you understand the entire context of eating disorders and disordered eating and introduces the reader to the very important concept of Health at Every Size.
The authors also delineate the differences between BED with emotional eating and compulsive eating which I have always wondered about.
It made me incredibly sad and frustrated to learn that 70% of people seeking bariatric surgery meet diagnostic criteria for BED. 70%. We are referring patients for partial stomach amputations who really need great therapists.
"People of all shapes and sizes struggle with BED . . . We cannot tell by looking who does or does not struggle with BED". This has been a new concept to me just introduced in the last few months, true of all eating disorders - I had accepted the myth that all anorexics are skinny and all binge eaters are in larger bodies. It's just not true.
When speaking about recovery, they share "you must start at every level of your experience in the world to gently listen to yourself again. Recovery is the work of moving from safety based on conforming and disconnection, to safety based on turning toward our bodies . . . While the process of recovery is intensely personal, it is often a profoundly political act as well. To listen to your own body for the final say in what you need is in many ways an act of revolution toward the diet and body shame industry as a whole, and toward any cultural systems that reinforce oppression and reject inclusivity".
Getting back in touch with the intuition we carry in our own bodies is where healing will start.
There is hope.
Not only does it teach you the specifics of BED (binge eating disorder), it helps you understand the entire context of eating disorders and disordered eating and introduces the reader to the very important concept of Health at Every Size.
The authors also delineate the differences between BED with emotional eating and compulsive eating which I have always wondered about.
It made me incredibly sad and frustrated to learn that 70% of people seeking bariatric surgery meet diagnostic criteria for BED. 70%. We are referring patients for partial stomach amputations who really need great therapists.
"People of all shapes and sizes struggle with BED . . . We cannot tell by looking who does or does not struggle with BED". This has been a new concept to me just introduced in the last few months, true of all eating disorders - I had accepted the myth that all anorexics are skinny and all binge eaters are in larger bodies. It's just not true.
When speaking about recovery, they share "you must start at every level of your experience in the world to gently listen to yourself again. Recovery is the work of moving from safety based on conforming and disconnection, to safety based on turning toward our bodies . . . While the process of recovery is intensely personal, it is often a profoundly political act as well. To listen to your own body for the final say in what you need is in many ways an act of revolution toward the diet and body shame industry as a whole, and toward any cultural systems that reinforce oppression and reject inclusivity".
Getting back in touch with the intuition we carry in our own bodies is where healing will start.
There is hope.
April 18, 2025
This book has everything I would write in a book about binge eating. It’s a great mix of personal experience from one of the authors, experiences of clients, practical advice, and an astonishing breakdown of the science around EDs/binge eating/weight science. I would recommend this over any other binge eating recovery book. The only trouble is that I think the book side could be more practical - perhaps collaborating with a dietitian in the future to give some information on eating for BED would be effective.
October 18, 2022
Great resource for clinicians and clients!
The introductions to each chapter are so enlightening and validating, and it’s sprinkled so much good education on shame and trauma. I love how it gave education on IFS, and spelled out some very practical coping skills.
One of my favorite usable mantras from this book is “your body is a home, not a billboard” and if thats not a winner of an affirmation idk what is.
The introductions to each chapter are so enlightening and validating, and it’s sprinkled so much good education on shame and trauma. I love how it gave education on IFS, and spelled out some very practical coping skills.
One of my favorite usable mantras from this book is “your body is a home, not a billboard” and if thats not a winner of an affirmation idk what is.
April 22, 2025
Revolutionary. Absolutely beautiful.
I fully believe people of all shapes and sizes - with or without eating disorders - need to read this book.
It is full of compassion for the human condition and it gives us all an ally in the battle against internalized judgements that the diet industry has wanted us to believe for decades.
It is well researched without being dry, easy to read and full of positive messages
Its core message of "you are enough" is absolutely inspiring.
I fully believe people of all shapes and sizes - with or without eating disorders - need to read this book.
It is full of compassion for the human condition and it gives us all an ally in the battle against internalized judgements that the diet industry has wanted us to believe for decades.
It is well researched without being dry, easy to read and full of positive messages
Its core message of "you are enough" is absolutely inspiring.
June 16, 2021
My therapist lent me her copy of this book, and it was so helpful i had to go and buy it myself. It really helped me come to terms with the fact that i live with an eating disorder and that it wasn’t my fault, but survival. It gives great insight as to how this disorder can manifest itself into people’s lives.
Highly suggest!
Highly suggest!
February 21, 2025
Read this alongside a client and thought it was such a rich text. The combination of compassion psychoeducation inquiry from the therapist and vulnerable vignettes from the patient/advocate was extremely powerful.
August 23, 2021
Uffff, ¡Qué buen libro! La experiencia vivida de Chevese + el insight de Amy como psicoterapeuta= invaluable
July 2, 2023
Will be reading this again. And again.
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