| The Anorexia Workbook: How to Accept Yourself, Heal Your Suffering, and Reclaim Your Life Contributor(s): Heffner Macera, Michelle (Author), Eifert, Georg H. (Author), Hayes, Steven C. (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1572243627 ISBN-13: 9781572243620 Publisher: New Harbinger Publications OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: Despite ever-widening media attention and public awareness of the problem, American women continue to suffer from anorexia nervosa in greater numbers than ever before. This severe condition is particularly difficult to treat and many sufferers are reluctant to seek help. This book adapts a revolutionary model of psychotherapy called acceptance and commitment therapy, or ACT, to teach readers that efforts to control and stop anorexia may do more harm than good. Instead of judging impulses associated with the disorder as "bad" or "negative," this approach encourages the mindful observance of unwanted thoughts and feelings without reacting to them in a self-destructive way. In this more compassionate, more receptive frame of mind, the step-by-step exercise, and techniques in this book can help redirect energy formerly spent on weight loss into committed actions that heal the body and mind. The book first focuses on providing readers with a new understanding of anorexia and the ways they might have already tried to control the problem. Then it teaches how to use mindfulness techniques to deal with out-of-control thoughts and feelings, how to identify choices that will lead to better heath and quality of life, and how to redirect the energy formerly spent on weight loss into those actions that will heal the body and mind. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Self-help | Eating Disorders & Body Image |
| Dewey: 616.852 |
| LCCN: 2004301115 |
| Series: New Harbinger Self-Help Workbook |
| Physical Information: 0.49" H x 8.54" W x 11.1" (1.08 lbs) 197 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Statistics suggests that as many as 2.5 percent of American women suffer from anorexia; of these, further research indicates that one in ten of these will die from the disorder. This is the only book available that addresses the particular needs of anorexics with the techniques of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), a revolutionary new psychotherapy. The authors of this book are pioneering researchers in the field of ACT, with numerous research articles to their credit Despite ever-widening media attention and public awareness of the problem, American women continue to suffer from anorexia nervosa in greater numbers than ever before. This severe psychophysiological condition-characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese, a persistent unwillingness to eat, and severe compulsion to lose weight-is particularly difficult to treat, often because the victims are unwilling to seek help. The Anorexia Workbook demonstrates that efforts to control and stop anorexia may do more harm than good. Instead of focusing efforts on judging impulses associated with the disorder as 'bad' or 'negative, ' this approach encourages sufferers to mindfully observe these feelings without reacting to them in a self-destructive way. Guided by this more compassionate, more receptive frame of mind, the book coaches you to employ various acceptance-based coping strategies. Structured in a logical, step-by-step progression of exercises, the workbook first focuses on providing you with a new understanding of anorexia and the ways you might have already tried to control the problem. Then the book progresses through techniques that teach how to use mindfulness to deal with out-of-control thoughts and feelings, how to identify choices that lead to better heath and quality of life, and how to redirect the energy formerly spent on weight loss into actions that will heal the body and mind. Although this book is written specifically as self-help for anorexia sufferers, it includes a clear and informative chapter on when you need to seek professional treatment as well as advice on what to look for in a therapist. |
Contributor Bio(s): Eifert, Georg H.: - Georg H. Eifert, PhD, is professor emeritus of psychology and former associate dean of the School of Health and Life Sciences at Chapman University in Orange, CA. Eifert is an internationally recognized author, scientist, speaker, and trainer in the use of ACT. He is coauthor of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety and The Anorexia Workbook.Hayes, Steven C.: - Steven C. Hayes, PhD, is Nevada Foundation Professor in the department of psychology at the University of Nevada, Reno. An author of forty-one books and more than 575 scientific articles, he has shown in his research how language and thought leads to human suffering, and has developed acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)--a powerful therapy method that is useful in a wide variety of areas.Heffner Macera, Michelle: - Michelle Heffner, PhD, was trained in the West Virginia University Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry eating disorders program. She has assessed and treated eating disorder clients in the West Virginia University Department of Psychology clinic and the West Virginia University Carruth Center for Counseling and Psychological Services. |