Beating Your Eating Disorder
A Cognitive-Behavioral Self-Help Guide for Adult Sufferers and their Carers

Helps sufferers and carers to beat eating disorders, using tried and proven methods from clinical settings.

Glenn Waller (Author), Victoria Mountford (Author), Rachel Lawson (Author), Emma Gray (Author), Helen Cordery (Author), Hendrik Hinrichsen (Author)

9780521739047, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 30 September 2010

214 pages
23.5 x 15.8 x 1.1 cm, 0.37 kg

'… an absolute must-have for anyone interested in learning how to successfully overcome an eating disorder … packed full of information on how a self-directed CBT approach can be very effective … I highly recommend it as a solid, science-based, self-help guide to beating an eating disorder … a book of inspiration and hope for all who choose to initiate change.' Doody's

Do you or does someone you know, suffer from an eating disorder such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa or a less typical set of symptoms? The most effective, evidence-based treatment for adults with eating disorders is cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT). This book presents a highly effective self-help CBT programme for all eating disorders, in an accessible format. It teaches skills to sufferers and carers alike. This book is relevant to any sufferer, if: • You are not yet sure about whether to seek help • You are not sure where to find help • Your family doctor or others recommend that you try a self-help approach • You are waiting for therapy with a clinician, and want to get the best possible start to beating your eating disorder

Preface: read this bit first
Part I. Getting Started: 1. Who is this book for?
2. The key elements of cognitive-behavioural therapy and the self-help approach
3. How to use this book
Part II. For the Sufferer: 4. Am I making a fuss about nothing?
5. Motivating yourself to treat your eating disorder
6. Is now the time to act?
7. Getting started with CBT
Part III. The CBT Self-Help Programme: 8. Start here: how to use this programme
9. The practical steps of CBT for your eating disorder
Part IV. For Carers: 10. Am I to blame for the eating problem?
11. What can I do to support the sufferer?
Part V. Transitions into More Formal Help: 12. Thinking about getting more formal therapeutic help
13. Starting the process of getting formal therapeutic help
14. What to look for in a good CBT practitioner
15. The role of carers in the transition to more formal help
Part VI. Letting Go of the Eating Disorder: 16. The journey of recovery
17. Relapse prevention
18. Have I done myself permanent damage?
19. Carers need to move on too
Conclusion: eating normally again
References and further reading
Appendices
Index.

Subject Areas: Clinical psychology [MMJ], Psychiatry [MMH]