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What does eating disorder recovery look like? : answers to your questions about therapy and recovery
2023
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Do you have questions about eating disorders that you are afraid to ask? How about questions you did ask, but couldn't get an answer to?

From the causes of eating disorders to the most effective treatment approaches, this guide offers honest answers to difficult questions. Drawing on their experience supporting young people and adults with eating disorders, the authors provide insight into treatment and share information about recovery that is often harder to find.

Ideal for individuals and families at every stage of the recovery process, this book is relevant and sensitive to all types of eating disorder and has been developed to include insights from first-hand experience, alongside expert guidance. It also acknowledges the specific questions families, carers and non-medical professionals might have, helping them to understand the recovery process and better support others.

Table of Contents
Foreword7
Acknowledgements11
1Why This Book?13
Why and how we have written this book13
Our letter15
2What Are Eating Disorders?21
Eating disorders are difficult to understand22
What are eating disorders?25
Different types of eating disorders27
What causes eating disorders?31
How common are eating disorders?32
The COVID-19 pandemic and the impact on eating disorders33
Risk assessment and the importance of physical risk management37
Treatment approaches39
3What Is So Important about Food?49
Why does food become the enemy?50
Food to survive51
Food to be (or not to be) with others53
Food to feel57
4Why Don't I Like My Body?61
I have a body, I am my own body62
The development of body image64
The inability to see ourselves67
The obsession to see ourselves73
'You won't hurt me any more!'75
5Is Recovery Possible?81
The meaning of recovery82
Perspectives on recovery86
Living with and tolerating uncertainty102
6What Happens in Therapy?109
The therapeutic process: A circular pathway110
The initial phase of therapy117
Aspects of the therapeutic relationship125
What do we talk about in therapy?131
From managing the eating disorder symptoms…133
…to searching for meaning137
Your emotional needs are important143
The pitfalls of comparison149
Perfectionism152
7When Does Therapy End?159
Before ending160
Therapeutic endings174
Afterword179
References189
Index197
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