Treating Eating Disorders (Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique) [Paperback]

Joellen Werne (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0787903302 | ISBN-13: 978-0787903305 | Publication Date: June 13, 1996 | Edition: 1

A Volume in the Jossey-Bass Library of Current Clinical Technique

This unique volume details how some of the most eminent clinicians in the field combine and integrate a wide variety of contemporary therapies--ranging from psychodynamic to systemic to cognitive behavioral--to successfully treat clients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorders. Filled with up-to-date information and important approaches to assessment and treatment, the book offers a hands-on approach that cogently illustrates both theory and technique. Joellen Werne places the eating disorders in their current sociocultural context, highlights recent findings from clinical research, and discusses the major theoretical models that inform current practice.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Whether viewed as a collection of case vignettes written by experienced and talented therapists or as accounts of clinical techniques used in specialty programs, the treatment of eating disorders comes through as an artful skill. The book reveals what it is really like to disengage patients with anorexia nervosa from their fixation on their body and to engage them in relationships. With its observations and insights, this book will enlighten all who care for people with eating disorders." (Regina C. Casper, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University Medical Center)

"Here's an outstanding 'in the trenches' book for practitioners, written by erudite, articulate world-renowned eating disorders experts, filled with detailed case notes and very specific descriptions of treatment encounters. These blow-by-blow accounts are the closest thing you'll get to actually sitting in on the therapy sessions and discussing the cases with clinicians." (Joel Yager, M. D., professor of psychiatry, director, residency education, University of California, Los Angeles)

From the Inside Flap

Since first identified almost fifty years ago, the complex nature of treating eating disorders has been well documented. To be effective, clinical treatments must address the many dimensions of the symptomsbehavioral, cognitive, intrapsychic, interpersonal, and medical.Treating Eating Disorders details how some of the most eminent clinicians in the field combine and integrate a wide variety of contemporary therapies to successfully treat clients with anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorders. Through the in-depth presentation of individual cases, thoughtfully discussed within the context of each author's point of view, the book offers up-to-date information and important approaches to assessment and treatment of clients with eating disorders. Joellen Werne, editor of Treating Eating Disorders, places the eating disorders in their current sociocultural context, highlights recent findings from clinical research, and discusses the major theoretical models that inform current practice. The eleven contributors utilize a variety of therapies (individual, group, family, couple, in- and outpatient or day treatment settings), either singly or in combination, and draw on theoretical frameworks ranging from psychodynamic to systemic to cognitive behavioral. The book offers a hands-on approach detailing the unfolding of a case in all its complexity that cogently illustrates both theory and technique.This unique volume provides professionals with** a variety of treatment models that combine diverse theoretical concepts and techniques into approaches that can be responsive to patients' differing needs

• detailed examples of two treatment modalitiesgroup and individualthat are patterned on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• two family treatments conducted from a systemic perspective, and several further examples of successful family involvement integrated within other, primarily psychodynamic, therapies.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 377 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (June 13, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787903302
• ISBN-13: 978-0787903305
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,539,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)