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Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders

The Heart of the Matter

• Edited by Margo Maine, William N. Davis, Jane Shure

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• Price: $39.95
• Binding: Hardback
• Pages: 251
• Published by: Routledge
• Publication Date: 20th October 2008
• ISBN: 978-0-415-96461-6

About the Book

This book is the first to address what really happens behind closed doors during eating disorders treatment, as most writing has only addressed theoretical approaches and behavioral strategies. The field has long needed a book that describes the heart of the matter: the therapeutic interventions and interactions that comprise life-changing treatment for this life-threatening disorder. In response to this need, the authors have created a book that reflects the individual therapeutic skills and the collective wisdom of senior clinicians, all of whom have years of experience treating anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder. Intended to be a deeply thoughtful and instructive volume, Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Heart of the Matter demonstrates the depth, complexity, and impact of the therapeutic process. In particular, the book articulates and explores essential points of information, issues, insights and unresolved questions about eating disorders treatment. Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders describes and explicates important treatment issues and themes in a nuanced, highly contextualized and qualitative manner. The book offers a significant reference for both novice and seasoned therapists, and it includes specific information that will serve to inform and mentor future generations of eating disorders clinicians.

Table of Contents

Part I: Effective Clinical Practices: Approaches. Maine, Beyond the Medical Model: A Feminist Frame for Eating Disorders. Emmett, Wholeness and Holiness: A Psychospiritual Perspective. Davis, Individual Psychotherapy for Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Making a Difference. Burgard, Developing Body Trust: A Body-Positive Approach to Treating Eating Disorders. Part II: Effective Clinical Practice: Methods. Wingate, Holistic Integrative Psychiatry and the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Bunnell, Countertransference in the Psychotherapy of Patients with Eating Disorders. Sinicrope Maier, Family Therapy with Eating Disorders: Creating an Alliance for Change. Hartman McGilley, Sacred Circles: Feminist-Oriented Group Therapy for Adolescents with Eating Disorders. Rabinor, Bilich, Treating Eating Disorders: The Healing Power of Guided Imagery. Ressler, BodyMind Treatment: Connecting to Imprinted Emotions and Experiences. Part III: Effective Clinical Practices: Special Themes. Shure, Weinstock, Shame, Compassion, and the Journey Toward Health. Costin, The Embodied Therapist: Perspectives on Treatment, Personal Growth, and Supervision Related to Body Image. Whitehead-LaBoo, Connecting Through Difference: Therapeutice Use of Self to Promote Eating Disorder Recovery. Zimmer, Therapy Redux: The Evolution of a Treatment Relationship. Bloomgarden, Working with People Who Live Dangerously: Perspectives on Managing Negative Countertransference During the Treatment of Eating Disorders. Sesan, Forgiveness: The Final Frontier in Recovery From an Eating Disorder.

About the Author(s)

Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in the treatment and prevention of eating disorders for over 25 years. She is a senior editor of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention, a Founding Member and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, and a member of the Founder’s Council and past president of the National Eating Disorders Association.

William N. Davis, PhD, FAED is a member of the Editorial Board of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention and the Journal of College Student Psychotherapy. He has published and lectured frequently on the theory and treatment of eating disorders is in private practice in New York and Pennsylvania.

Jane Shure, PhD, LCSW, is on faculty at the Kripalu Center in Lenox, MA, where she leads Calming Your Inner Critic, a weekend workshop. She helped found and develop the "Inside Outside Self-Discovery Program," a self-esteem based prevention curriculum for middle-school girls, and co-created www.selfmatters.org, a website dedicated to strengthening self-esteem. She is a board member of A Chance to Heal Foundation.

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