Recommended Reading: Books on Eating Disorders
A Starving Madness: Tales of Hunger, Hope & Healing in Psychotherapy
by Judith Ruskay Rabinor
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 2002.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change
by Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, and Kelly G. Wilson
New York, NY: Guilford Press, 1999.
Binge Eating: Nature, Assessment, and Treatment
by Christopher G. Fairburn and G. Terence Wilson
New York, NY: Guilford Publications, 1993.
Body Betrayed: A Deeper Understanding of Women, Eating Disorders and Treatment
by Kathryn J. Zerbe
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1995.
Body Love: Learning to Like Our Looks & Ourselves
by Rita Freedman
New York, NY: Harper & Row, 1999.
Body Wars: Making Peace With Women's Bodies
by Margo Maine
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 1999.
Breaking Free From Emotional Eating
by Geneen Roth
New York, NY: New American Library or Penguin, 1982.
Brief Therapy and Eating Disorders: A Practical Guide to Solution-Focused Work with patients
by Barbara McFarland
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1995.
Bulimia: A Guide for Family and Friends
by Roberta Trattner Sherman and Ron A. Thompson
San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass, 1997.
Bulimia: A Guide to Recovery
by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 1999.
Eating Disorders and Obesity: A Comprehensive Handbook
by Christopher G. Fairburn and Kelly D. Brownell
New York, NY: Guildford Press, 1995.
Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling
by Anita A. Johnston PhD.
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 2000.
Fasting Girls: The Emergence of Anorexia Nervosa as a Modern Disease
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1988.
Fat is a Feminist Issue
by Susie Orbach
New York, NY: Berkeley Publishing Group, 1978.
Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and Food
by Margo Maine
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 1991.
Feminist Perspectives on Eating Disorders
by Patricia Fallon, Melanie A. Katzman, and Susan C. Wooley
New York, NY: Guilford Publications, 1994.
Gaining – The Truth About Life After Eating Disorders
by Aimee Liu
New York , NY : Warner Books, 2007.
Group Psychotherapy for Eating Disorders
by Heather Harper-Giuffre and K. Roy MacKenzie
Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Press, 1992.
Handbook of Treatment for Eating Disorders (2nd Edition)
by David M. Garner and Paul E. Garfinkel
New York: The Guilford Press, 1997.
Heal Thy Self: Lessons on Mindfulness in Medicine
by Saki Santorelli
New York, NY: Bell Tower, 1999.
Help Your Teenager Beat An Eating Disorder
by James Lock and Daniel le Grange
New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2005.
Helping Athletes with Eating Disorders
by Ron A. Thompson and Roberta Trattner Sherman
Human Kinetics Publishers, 1992.
Hunger Pains: The Modern Woman’s Tragic Quest for Thinness
by Mary Pipher, PhD.
MA: Adam's Media Corporation, 1997.
In A Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development
by Carol Gilligan
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1982.
Intuitive Eating. A Revolutionary Program that Works
by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch
New York , NY: St. Martin ’s Press, 1995.
Life Without Ed: How One Woman Declared Independence from Her Eating Disorder and How You Can Too
by Jenni Schaefer and Thom Rutledge
New York, NY: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2004.
Making Weight: Healing Men's Conflicts with Food, Weight & Shape
by Arnold Andersen, Leigh Cohn, and Tom Holbrook
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 2000.
Medical Issues and Eating Disorders: The Interface
by Allan S. Kaplan, Paul E. Garfinkel
New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, Inc, 1993.
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for Depression: A New Approach to Preventing Relapse
by Zindel V. Segal, J. Mark G. Williams, and John D. Teasdale
New York, NY: Guilford Press, 2002.
Overcoming Binge Eating
by Christopher Fairburn
New York, NY: Guilford Press, 1995.
Overcoming Overeating
by Jane Hirschmann and Carol Munter
Ballantine Publishing Group, 1988.
Preventing Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Interventions and Special Challenges
by Niva Piran, Michael P. Levine, and Catherine Steiner-Adair
New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, Inc, 1999.
Psychodynamic Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia
by Craig L. Johnson
New York, NY: Guildford Press, 1991.
Reviving Ophelia: Saving the Selves of Adolescent Girls
by Mary Pipher and Ruth Ross
New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1995.
Self-esteem Comes in All Sizes: How to be Happy and Healthy at Your Natural Weight
by Carol A. Johnson and Gary Foster
New York, NY: Doubleday Books, 1995.
Self-Esteem: Tools for Recovery
by Lindsey Hall and Leigh Cohn
Carlsbad, CA: Gurze Books, 1992.
Surviving an Eating Disorder: Perspectives and Strategies for Families and Friends
by Michele Siegel, Judith Brisman, and Margot Weinshel
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1997.
The Appetite Awareness Workbook
by Linda W. Craighead
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, Inc, 2006.
The Beauty Myth: How Images of Beauty are Used Against Women
by Naomi Wolf
New York, NY: Doubleday, 1992.
The Body Image Workbook
by Thomas F. Cash, Ph.D.
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 1997.
The Body Project: An Intimate History of American Girls
by Joan Jacobs Brumberg
New York, NY: Vintage, 1997.
The Eating Disorder Sourcebook
by Carolyn Costin
Los Angeles, CA: Lowell House, 1997.
The Family Approach to Eating Disorder
by Walter Vandereycken, Elly Kog, and Johan Vanderlinden
New York, NY: PMA Publishing Corporation, 1989.
The Hungry Self: Women, Eating and Identity
by Kim Chernin
New York, NY: Harper Collins, 1985.
The Relaxation & Stress Reduction Workbook
by Martha Davis, Matthew McKay, and Elizabeth Robbins Eshelman
Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications, 2000.
Theory and Treatment of Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia: Biomedical, Sociocultural, and Psychological Perspectives
by Steven Wiley Emmett
New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, Inc, 1985.
Traumatic Stress: The Effects of Overwhelming Experience on Mind, Body, and Society
by Bessel A. van der Kolk, Alexander C. McFarlane, and Lars Weisaeth
New York: Guilford, 1996.
When Women Stop Hating Their Bodies: Freeing Yourself From Food and Weight
by Jane R. Hirschmann and Carol H. Munter
New York, NY: Ballantine Books, 1995.
When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder
by Abigail H. Natenshon
San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
Wherever You Go There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
New York, NY: Hyperion, 1994.
Women’s Mental Health In Primary Care
by Kathryn J. Zerbe
Philadelphia, PA: W.B. Saunders, 1999.
Your Dieting Daughter: Is She Dying for Attention?
by Carolyn Costin
New York, NY: Brunner/Mazel Publishers, Inc, 1997.
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