The Real Solution Binge/Compulsive Eating Workbook [Paperback]

Rich Pfeiffer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 20, 1998

Binge eating, obesity, overweight and compulsive overeating are all terms which describe a syndrome that serves as an antidote to negative feelings. This workbook offers skills for coping with problem eating. Graduated exercises allow the reader to apply his or her newly acquired skills.

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From the Author

As a Binge/Compulsive Eater your eating behaviors "work" for you in a variety of ways. Eating serves as an antidote to the feelings of self-hate, guilt, stress, anxiety, boredom, depression, anger, and so on. Thus, it is important that you understand the function of food behavior in your life, and the need to develop new skills and abilities in order to be able to give up bingeing as a coping mechanism.

You are not crazy or stupid, but you have an eating problem. You have an eating problem because, on some level, it works for you - by reducing tension and anxiety, extinguishing feelings you can't stand (including the offshoots of shame, self-hatred, depression, boredom, anger, and anxiety), getting you much-needed attention, removing you from an uncomfortable situation, and by bingeing you can temporarily avoid feeling chaotic or out-of-control.

Therefore, let's not treat this syndrome as though it was some disgusting thing to be gotten rid of. You will need to develop new skills and abilities that will enable you to solve the problems you're now using your Binge/Compulsive Eating to address. And this will take time. Don't try to give up your symptoms immediately. Remember that you are entitled to the time it takes you to recover.

About the Author

Richard H. Pfeiffer, M.Div., LMFT, is Director/Founder of Growth Central, a pioneering mental health provider of issue-focused, short term individual psychotherapy programs and The Real Solution Workbooks. He is a Nationally Certified Group Psychotherapist, a Pastoral Psychotherapist, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. His psychological / theological training lay the foundation for his expertise in helping people work through their core conflicts. He is a Certified Pastoral Psychotherapist graduating from the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute (NYC). He holds a Masters Degree in Divinity from Drew University Theological School (cum laude) and a Masters Degree in Education from Temple University (cum laude) where he served in the National Teachers Corps. Richard is a Fellow of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors (AAPC), and Clinical Member of the American Group Psychological Association (AGPA). He teaches, supervises and consults with professionals in curriculum development, workshops/seminars, and supervision for Binge/Compulsive Eating, Anger Control, Assertiveness, Anxiety/Panic, and is the author of five Real Solution Workbooks on these topics. He has provided psychotherapeutic services to individuals, couples and groups for twenty years. He has great enthusiasm for clinical issues seen through the various disciplines of in-depth psychoanalysis, pastoral psychotherapy, cognitive-behavioral therapy and systems analysis.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 116 pages
• Publisher: Growth Pub (November 20, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1893505030
• ISBN-13: 978-1893505032
• Product Dimensions: 11.2 x 0.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,678,523 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great help for my compulsive eating problems!!, February 26, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Real Solution Binge/Compulsive Eating Workbook (Paperback)

I've been trying diets for years to lose weight. It wasn't until I read the Real Solution Workbook that I made the connection between my failures with these diets and my continued weight gain. The Real Solution Workbook helped me admit to myself that I was ashamed of myself and eating was a means of consolation for me. Once I was able to deal with my underlying emotional issues through simple daily writing exercises, I didn't need to binge eat anymore. I have lost weight. But more importantly, I feel better about myself and much more empowered!!!

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars If you need help with binge eating DO NOT GET THIS BOOK, February 17, 2005

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Trudi - See all my reviews

This review is from: Real Solution Binge/Compulsive Eating Workbook (Plastic Comb)

I paid the outrageous price for this book with hope that it would help me work through the causes of my bingeing. WHAT A RIP OFF!!!!! Every chapter just repeats the same thing over and over using the last word an overweight person wants to hear - SHAME. The word shame is in this book thousands of times. I have enough shame facing the world in my overweight body. I did not need to pay $ 45 for a book to tell me that!

The worst, most insulting part of the whole purchase was that the book itself looks like someone made it in their basement. The pages are photocopied and in my copy of the book the pages are not even IN ORDER, page 47 is followed by 64, etc.

What a mess! Save your money!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Real Solution Binge/Compulsive Eating Workbook, May 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Real Solution Binge/Compulsive Eating Workbook (Plastic Comb)

I have been struggling for many years with my weight and "shame". I have learned I used food to avoid pain, difficult situations, and any thing else I don't want to do. My life had become one big eatfest to avoid living. This workbook was one of my best investments yet. Thanks again for the best help I have found.