An Introduction to Coping with Eating Problems, 2nd Edition (An Introduction to Coping series) - Softcover

Todd, Gillian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1472138503 ISBN 13: 9781472138507

Publisher: Robinson, 2017

Synopsis

Eating problems, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, can have a devastating impact on sufferers as well as their friends and family. This self-help guide is written by a consultant psychotherapist with extensive experience of treating eating disorders and will help you identify an eating disorder and develop a toolkit of strategies to help you take steps towards overcoming the disorder. It also includes a chapter offering useful guidance for family members.

This updated second edition will help you:

· Understand how eating disorders develop and what keeps them going

· Find the motivation to change

· Change how you eat

· Challenge negative thinking

The Introduction to Coping series offers valuable guidance for those seeking help for emotional or psychological problems such as depression and anxiety. Each book gives useful background information and suggests techniques to change unhelpful patterns of behaviour and thinking using cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques. CBT is recommended internationally to treat a wide range of emotional, psychological and physical conditions including eating disorders.

About this title

About the Author

Dr Gillian Todd is a Fellow of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and is a BABCP-accredited therapist, trainer and supervisor. She was previously affiliated with the University of Cambridge and the University of East Anglia.

From the Back Cover

Learn how to control your eating problems

Eating problems, including anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, can have a devastating impact on sufferers as well as their friends and family. This self-help guide is written by a consultant psychotherapist with extensive experience of treating eating disorders and will help you identify an eating disorder and develop a toolkit of strategies to help you take steps towards overcoming the disorder. It also includes a chapter offering useful guidance for family members.

This updated second edition will help you:

· Understand how eating disorders develop and what keeps them going

· Find the motivation to change

· Challenge negative thinking

· Change how you eat

Gillian Todd is a BABCP accredited cognitive behavioural psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer and independent practitioner, based in Cambridge. Over her career, she has been senior lecturer and director of CBT at the University of East Anglia and an honorary visiting fellow at the University of Cambridge. She is the co-author of Bulimia Nervosa: A cognitive therapy programme for clients, Treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating: An integrated metacognitive and cognitive therapy manual and Overcoming Stress.

Edition details

• Publisher: Robinson
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1472138503
• ISBN 13: 9781472138507
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 144