Why She Feels Fat

Understanding Your Loved One’s Eating Disorder and How You Can Help
Authors: Johanna Marie McShane, Tony Paulson

Sprinkled with over 100 quotes from recovering individuals, Why She Feels Fat explores eating disorders from the inside out to convey the emotional experience and perspectives of those who have them. Decoding the deeper meaning of the statement “I feel fat” is at the heart of this simple and straightforward book that also includes basic information, such as signs, symptoms, medical complications, causes, approaches to treatment, and stages of recovery.

Surviving an Eating Disorder

Perspectives and Strategies for Family & Friends, Revised Edition
Authors: Michelle Siegel, Ph.D., Judith Brisman, Ph.D., Margot Weinshel, Ph.D.
3rd Edition
This is one of the most-often ordered books for friends and family. The authors discuss the psychological and behavioral aspects of eating disorders, pharmacology, and family therapy, with an emphasis on bringing eating disorders out in the open, seeking help, coping with anger and denial, developing a healthier relationship, and guidance for making the situation better—now.
Surviving an Eating Disorder has become a classic since it was first published in 1988. It was one of the first books to offer effective support and solutions for parents, spouses, friends and all others who are the “silent sufferers” of eating disorders. This updated version offers even more advice that will encourage the recovery process.

Life Without Ed

How One Woman Declared Independencefrom Her Eating Disorder & How You Can Too
Author: Jenni Schaefer With: Thom Rutledge
“Ed and I lived together for more than twenty years. He was abusive, controlling, and never hesitated to tell me what he thought, how I was doing it wrong, and what I should be doing instead. . . Ed is not a high school sweetheart. Ed is not some creep that I started dating in college. . . Ed’s name comes from the initials E.D. —as in eating disorder. Ed is my eating disorder.” —from the Introduction
Jenni had been in an abusive relationship with Ed for far too long. Then she met psychotherapist and author Thom Rutledge who taught her how to treat her eating disorder as a relationship, not a condition. By separating herself from her eating disorder, Jenni says goodbye to Ed forever.
Inspiring, compassionate, and filled with practical exercises to help you break up with your own personal E.D., Life Without Ed provides new hope for the disorders that plague millions of women and young girls. This supportive, lifesaving book combines a patient’s insights and experiences with a therapist’s prescriptions for success to help you live a healthier, happier life without Ed.
Therapists have told us that this a good book to read out-loud to patients.

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