The Complete Guide to Overcoming Eating Disorders, Perfectionism and Low Self-Esteem

1027 Pages·2013·21.31 MB·English

by  Dr Christopher Freeman

Dr Chris Freeman is one of the UK’s leading authorities on Anorexia Nervosa.
He is based at his Eating Disorders Clinic at the Cullen Centre, The Royal
Edinburgh Hospital in Scotland.
Peter J. Cooper is Professor of Psychopathology at the University of Reading,
and Honorary NHS consultant in Clinical Psychology.
Roz Shafran has worked at Oxford on the treatment of eating disorders using
CBT. She currently works as the Charlie Waller Chair in CBT at the University
of Reading. She is the author of Cognitive Behavioural Processes across
Psychological Disorders: A Transdiagnostic Approach to Research and
Treatment (Oxford University Press).
Dr Sarah Egan is Director of the Clinical Psychology program at Curtin
University in Perth, Australia and is also the Australian representative of the
World Congress of Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies committee. She
continues to work as a clinical psychologist in private practice.
Professor Tracey Wade teaches at the School of Psychology at Flinders
University in Adelaide, Australia. She is also Course Director of the university’s
Clinical Postgraduate training programs and has worked as a clinician treating
eating disorders for the past 20 years.
Dr Melanie Fennell is the author of Overcoming Low Self-Esteem and
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem Self-Help Course. She currently works as the
Director of an advanced cognitive therapy course, which is a collaborative
venture between the Oxford Cognitive Therapy Centre (OCTC) and Oxford
University. One of the first clinician researchers to introduce cognitive therapy to
the UK, she was a founder member of the OCTC, an internationally recognized
centre of excellence in cognitive therapy and training. As a member of research
teams in the Oxford University Department of Psychiatry, Melanie contributed to
the development and evaluation of cognitive treatment for a range of emotional
problems. A recognized expert on low self-esteem with an interest in depression,
she has run many workshops and presented research papers at major
international conferences.
Constance Barter was diagnosed with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa at
the age of fourteen. Hospitalised as an in-patient at a specialist eating disorders
unit for seven months, Mealtimes and Milestones is her diary of this time. She is
now completely recovered and works as a Young Ambassador for BEAT, the
leading UK charity for people with eating disorders.
The Complete Guide to Overcoming Eating
Disorders, Perfectionism and Low Self-
Esteem
Chris Freeman, Peter J. Cooper, Roz Shafran, Sarah
Egan, Tracey Wade, Melanie Fennell and Constance
Barter
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Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa first published in the UK by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson
Ltd., 2002
Revised edition published in 2009
Copyright © Chris Freeman 2002, 2009
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating first published in the UK by Robinson Publishing Ltd.,
1993 Revised edition published by Robinson, an imprint of Constable and Robinson Ltd., 2009
Copyright © Peter J. Cooper 1993, 2009
Overcoming Perfectionism first published in the UK by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson
Ltd., 2010
Copyright © Roz Shafran, Sarah Egan and Tracey Wade, 2010
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem first published in the UK by Robinson Publishing Ltd., 1999 Revised edition
published by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd., 2009
Copyright © Melanie J. V. Fennell 1999, 2009
Mealtimes and Milestones first published in the UK by Robinson, an imprint of Constable & Robinson Ltd.,
2010
Copyright © Constance Barter, 2010
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Contents
Overcoming Anorexia Nervosa
Overcoming Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating
Overcoming Perfectionism
Overcoming Low Self-Esteem
Mealtimes and Milestones
OVERCOMING
ANOREXIA NERVOSA
A self-help guide using
Cognitive Behavioral Techniques
CHRIS FREEMAN
ROBINSON
London
To Aleck, my father,
the wisest man I have known
Table of contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Introduction: How to use this book
Prologue: A day in the life
PART ONE: A Guide to Anorexia Nervosa
1 What is Anorexia Nervosa?
2 How Anorexia Nervosa affects people physically and mentally
3 Anorexia Nervosa and other disorders
4 Anorexia Nervosa in other population groups
5 What causes Anorexia Nervosa?
6 How can Anorexia Nervosa be treated?
PART TWO: A Self-Help Manual
Introduction
Step 1: Assessing the problem
Step 2: Monitoring your eating
Step 3: Challenging the way you think I: Automatic thoughts
Step 4: Challenging the way you think II: Thinking errors
Step 5: Changing your eating patterns
Step 6: Improving your body image
Step 7: Developing assertiveness
Step 8: Dealing with anxiety
Step 9: Managing your relationships
Step 10: Coping strategies for the future
A final word
Useful books
Useful addresses
Body mass index charts
Extra monitoring sheets
Index