Anorexia and bulimia are misunderstood and potentially life-threatening conditions which are increasing at an alarming rate. Anorexia affects menstruation, emotional and psychological development and fertility. Bulimia, due to the compulsive vomiting and purging, can cause permanent damage to the digestive system.

Understanding Your Eating can help you if the way you use food bothers you, helping you understand how emotions affect our eating and how we change.

Asperger's Syndrome For Dummies covers everything that both people living with the condition and their families need to know. From explaining symptoms and getting a diagnosis, through to overcoming bullying in schools and choosing between the therapy and medical treatments available, this is a complete guide to surviving and thriving with the condition.Asperger's Syndrome For Dummies includes:Part I: Understanding Asperger's syndrome (AS)

A member of the Energy Therapies family - which includes, acupuncture, acupressure and shiatsu - Emotional Freedom Technique is a simple and increasingly popular self- development therapy used to treat a wide range of physical and emotional issues. Popularised by figures including Paul McKenna, EFT is based on the theory that negative emotions are caused by disturbances in the body's energy. Often referred to as acupuncture without needles, EFT involves locating and tapping on meridian poi...

Self-harm is a much more common occurrence than we might think. It is not something we may care to think about and it is easy not to spot the signs, even the obvious ones. Yet once the thoughts invade our thinking, they are compelling.It may be you. Or someone you know and love might well be suffering in silence.This book explores the issues in a detailed and practical way, so that both sufferers from self-harm and their nearest and dearest can begin to deal with this terrib...

Anorexia is a serious mental illness which is too often stereotyped, glamorised, misunderstood, simplified and belittled.There can be no simple, straightforward explanation for an illness as extremely complex as anorexia nervosa. Eating disorders affect around 1.6 million people in the UK, and although anorexia isn’t the most common, it is the most deadly. Characterised by an overwhelming fear of weight gain, those affected dramatically reduce their food intake and may also overexe...

Increasingly boys and men are suffering with eating disorders and related body image problems. Some have full-blown conditions such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia, binge eating, compulsive exercising or bigorexia. Others are distressed by slightly lesser degrees of disordered eating or over-exercise and seek ways of overcoming their problems.The Invisible Man applies the latest research to produce a practical, problem-focused self-help manual for men with eating disorders an...

With a uniquely perspective on the key factors in recovery from eating disorders, this practical guide for patients and clinicians draws from relevant, real-life case studies.Focuses on real-life recovery strategies that involve motivational factors, physical and psychological health, and issues such as self-esteem, body attitude, emotion regulation and social relationships.Draws on extensive qualitative research with more than 80 former sufferersOffers ex...

This book is a much-requested follow-up to "Brain over Binge" (2011), in which the author shared how she used a basic understanding of neuroscientific principles to overcome bulimia. In this sequel and companion volume, with the help of fellow specialists and authors Amy Johnson, Ph.D., Katherine Thomson, Ph.D., and others, Kathryn Hansen lays out those same principles—and many more—in a self-help format that encourages and enables binge eaters to recover efficiently and effectively. Altho...

Solution Focused Brief Therapy: 100 Key Points and Techniques provides a concise and jargon-free guide to the thinking and practice of this exciting approach, which enables people to make changes in their lives quickly and effectively. It covers:The history and background to solution focused practiceThe philosophical underpinnings of the approachTechniques and practicesSpecific applications to work with children and adolescents...

This trusted bestseller provides all the information needed to understand binge eating and bring it under control, whether you are working with a therapist or on your own. Clear, step-by-step guidelines show you how to:Overcome the urge to binge.Gain control over what and when you eat.Break free of strict dieting and other habits that may contribute to binges.Establish stable, healthy eating patterns.Improve your body i...

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy has already helped millions of people overcome their issues and move their life forward now it can really help you too.In this busy, demanding and often stressful modern world, its a struggle to find time to even think about what your dreams and goals might be, let alone work towards actually realising them.Its so easy to get stuck in a routine, to opt for the easy answers, to feel a lack of inspiration and motivation and then wind up feeli...