Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery Tools
Understanding Symptoms of Anorexia, Treating Bulimia and Binging
Jun 6, 2008
When your loved one is ready for eating disorder treatment and learning recovery tools, family and friends must understand what he or she is going through.
Anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder are the most common types, taking over a person’s life completely. With family counseling, a deeper understanding and lots of support, your loved one can recover from an eating disorder.
Understanding Symptoms of Anorexia, Treating Bulimia and Binging
In the new book, Why She Feels Fat: Understanding Your Loved One’s Eating Disorder and How You Can Help (Gurze Books, 2008), by Johanna Marie McShane, PhD, and Tony Paulson, PhD, the myths of eating disorders are de-mystified with simple, straightforward information.
The chapters on understanding anorexia and bulimia give a clear idea of what the disorders are and how they might have been developed. Instead of scaring loved ones into taking action, by providing lethal statistics and frightening facts, the authors present eating disorders as something that can be overcome.
Recovery Tools from Those Who Have Recovered
Another great part about this book are the quotes from those who have been through disordered eating. Their voices are dotted throughout the book in relevant sections to highlight how someone might feel while going through such an intense and painful experience.
This approach also gives readers a glimpse into the mindset of someone struggling, and allows them to incorporate their own story into the scenarios. Not only can this relieve parents, for example, by helping them to not feel alone, but it also educates them on things they can do to help and other things that only hinder the recovery progress.
Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery
The crucial part of the book, Why She Feels Fat, is the last section on what to expect from treatment. The author’s outline steps to take, what to expect and snippets of others' stories who went through treatment themselves. The last chapter gives family members practical advice about family counseling and their own health.
In all, the book offers those searching for help for their loved ones support, straightforward information and a positive light that their daughter or son, sister or brother, or best friend, can get better. This is one of the most important tasks of all.
Why She Feels Fat: Understanding Your Loved One’s Eating Disorder and How You Can Help (ISBN 978-0-936077-29-1), by Johanna Marie McShane, PhD, and Tony Paulson, PhD, is published by Gurze Books, the leader in eating disorder-related titles, and was released in 2008.
