Full Description
This book is a practical self-help manual that provides step-by-step guidance on applying schema therapy for eating disorders and eating difficulties.
Structured in two parts, the book addresses how to overcome the thinking, emotional and behavioural patterns that drive eating difficulties, using powerful experiential strategies for change. It helps readers understand the factors that drive and maintain their eating and body-image patterns and offers effective techniques for overcoming them. Readers will learn to reconnect with their authentic self that lies beneath these protective patterns, discovering new ways to meet their deepest needs. Templates and worksheets provide useful resources that support recovery.
The first of its kind, this book supports those suffering from eating disorders and serves as a reference and adjunct to face-to-face therapy for therapists and clinicians.
Contents
Introduction: How to Use this Book
CHAPTER 1: Understanding Your Eating Difficulties - A Novel Whole-Self Approach
CHAPTER 2: When Eating Difficulties Emerge: How Temperament, Culture and Connection Intertwine
CHAPTER 3: Meeting Your Inner Crew
CHAPTER 4: Understanding Your Survival Crew
CHAPTER 5: Re-membering Your Wise Self - Creating the Foundation for Healing
CHAPTER 6: Protecting the Lost Child - Setting Boundaries and Building Connection
CHAPTER 7: Bringing Your Child on Deck - Working Safely with Strong Emotions
CHAPTER 8: Changing Eating Behaviours and Reconnecting with Your Body
CHAPTER 9: Changing Relationships and Absorbing Emotional Vitamins
CHAPTER 10: Discovering Your Authentic Self - Reclaiming the Person Beneath the Performance
CHAPTER 11: Overcoming Trauma in eating disorders
CAHPTER 12: The Voyage Continues
