1st Edition

Overcoming Body Image Disturbance A Programme for People with Eating Disorders

By Lorraine Bell, Jenny Rushforth Copyright 2008
160 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages 14 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

People with eating disorders often exhibit serious misconceptions about their own body image. Overcoming Body Image Disturbance  provides a treatment programme (piloted by the authors) for people with eating disorders who have a negative body image. The manual offers advice for therapists, enabling them to deliver the programme, as well as practical guidance for the sufferer, encouraging... Read more
Introduction. Body Image and Body Image Disturbance. Body Image Disturbance and Psychological Disorders. What Works? The Design of this Programme. Notes for Therapists: I. Therapist Skills Needed for this Programme. Notes for Therapists: II. The Programme. Appendix.

Biography

Lorraine Bell is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist who specialises in the treatment of people with eating disorders or borderline personality disorders. She is a fellow of the British Psychological Society Jenny Rushforth is currently training to be a Clinical Psychologist and has a particular interest in body image disturbance in people with eating disorders.

"A clear, simple treatment manual which contains useful handouts and assessment tools." - Janet Treasure, King's College, London, UK, and Medical Director South London and Maudsley Eating Disorder Unit, UK