Getting Better Bite by Bite is an essential, authoritative and evidence-based self-help programmethat has been used by bulimia sufferersfor over 20 years. This new edition maintains the essence of the original book, while updating its content for today's readers, drawing on the latest knowledge of the biology and psychology of bulimia and its treatment.
The book provides step-by-step guidance for change based on solid research. The use of everyday language, stimulating contemporary case study story-telling and evocative illustrations in Bite by Bite provide encouragement, hope and new perspectives for all readers.
This handy-sized book fills a need for easy-to-understand information about Bulimia Nervosa, a serious and prevalent eating disorder. Ulrike Schmidt and Janet Treasure are world-renowned researchers and authorities on eating disorders, and June Alexander, a former sufferer of anorexia and bulimia, is a respected writer and internationally-known eating disorder awareness advocate. Getting Better Bite by Bite is a valuable resource - for sufferers, for their families, and for the health professionals and carers treating them.
Introduction. A Few Words of Caution. What this Book Can and Can’t Do. The Way Forward. Do I Suffer From Bulimia? How to Use This Book. First Steps. Back to The Future. Making Your Decision to Go. How to Stage Your Journey. Tools For the Journey. How to Facilitate Change by Keeping a Therapeutic Diary. New Skills to Cope with Old Difficulties. Dieting: A Health Warning. Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. In the Healthy Weight Range. Health Hazards of Dieting. How Much do I Need to Eat? Achieving Optimal Weight and Shape. Regaining Eating Control.The Black Hole of the Insatiable Stomach. Why Can’t I Control My Eating? How to Stop Binges. Lapses. Having Your Cake and Eating It Too. Facing the Facts. Why You Are Right to Worry. What Type of Weight Controller Are You? How to Stop Vomiting. How to Stop Abusing Laxatives, Diuretics, Medications. Learning to Feel Good about Your Body. How Body Image Problems Are Caused and Maintained. Challenging Unhelpful Beauty Ideals and Fat Talk. Getting to Know Your Body. Looking After Your Body. Other Helpful Strategies. Living With Your Body. Note. Being Fatter May be Better. Health Risks in Being Overweight. Nothing Beautiful About Dieting. Avoiding the Lonely Trap. Shake, Shake, Shake Your Body. Relapse: Walking In Circles—Or Not. Preventing Slips. What to do if a Slip Occurs. Add Pleasure to Your Day. Childhood Wounds. Sexual Abuse. Trying to Make Sense of it. Grappling With Guilt and Self-Blame. After-Effects of Abuse. Get a Toehold on Trust. Coming to Terms. Food for Thought. Feeling Like You Don’t Fit in. The Gloom-and-Doom Scenario. When Life is Dreadful. Wracked By Guilt. Please, Please Them. Out of Control with Control. Defusing Self-Defeating Thoughts. Shoo Away Shame. Finding Your Voice. Learning to Stand Your Ground. Anything For a Quiet Life. Ground-Rules For Assertive Behavior. Putting Assertiveness Into Practice. The Seduction of Self-destruction. The Slippery Slope of Alcohol and Drugs. When to Worry About Alcohol Intake. Living Dangerously. Spending What You Don’t Have. Note. Web of Life: Parents, Partners Children, and Friends. At Home With the Family. Friends. Sexual Relationships. Children.Working to Live, Living to Work. Common Work Problems.The End of Your Journey—Or Not. If You Are Still Stuck. Time to Get Real About You. Recovery: An Adventure in Self-Discovery. Where to Get Help. Appendix.
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