What Every Therapist Needs to Know About Treating Food and Weight Issues (Norton Professional Books) (Norton Professional Books (Paperback)) - Softcover

K Koenig

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393705587 ISBN 13: 9780393705584

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co., 2008

Synopsis

Helping therapists treat clients whose eating issues aren't extreme or "disordered."Many books deal with obesity, anorexia, or bulimia. Yet, until now, no book has addressed those who have mild eating issues that do not fall into extreme categories of starvation or gluttony. Here, Koenig explores the ways in which people express emotions through food, and how to balance nutrition with enjoyment and lifestyle.

About this title

Review:

[A]n excellent choice for novice counselors....a helpful review of the basic information that all mental health clinicians should be aware of.

[M]asterfully accomplishes what Koenig intended: to provide the generalist practitioner with specific techniques, insights and strategies...and to help those clients achieve a healthier relationship with food and Self....an approachable, succinct compilation of clinically pertinent information.

[A]n invaluable resource for the practitioner who is not a specialist in nutrition, anorexia, or behavioral neuroscience, but needs a better understanding of the food and weight issues so often linked to the life problems and clinical diagnoses they are asked to treat. Written in a lively, accessible style, this terrific book belongs on every clinician's desk!--Emily Fox-Kales, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Executive Director, Feeding Ourselves, Arlington, MA

As an expert in bridging the chasm between the emotional and physical aspects of eating and weight issues, Koenig gives us a comprehensive guide to understanding and addressing these concerns that are interwoven into every aspect of our clients' lives. I love this book and have not seen anything like it out there.--Lynne Eldridge, MD, author of Avoiding Cancer One Day At A Time

[A] wonderful tool for therapists . . . Koenig provides a thorough explanation of the wide range of issues related to eating/weight problems. The reflective questions provided for therapists keep the reader engaged while she suggested questions to ask clients enable clinicians to integrate the concepts from this book into their practice.-- (04/01/2014)

About the Author:

Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., is an expert on the psychology of eating--the why and how, not the what of it. She lives and practices in Sarasota, FL.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Co.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0393705587
• ISBN 13: 9780393705584
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256