Overcoming Your Eating Disorder: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach for Bulimia Nervosa and Binge-Eating Disorder, Guided Self Help Workbook (Treatments That Work) (Paperback)

by W. Stewart Agras (Author), Robin Apple (Author)
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been proven effective for treating Bulimia Nervosa and Binge Eating Disorder. However, this type of program requires at least 6 months of weekly sessions with a qualified mental health professional. If you suffer from an eating disorder and want to get treatment, but have little time to devote to therapy, a shorter, time-limited program may be right for you.
This workbook outlines a Guided Self-Help (GSH) program based on the principles of CBT. Although sessions with a therapist or clinician are required, there are usually no more than 12 and each one is only 25 minutes long. You will do much of the treatment on your own using the workbook as your guide. You will learn and practice the skills you need to overcome your eating disorder and establish healthy habits, while consulting with your therapist for encouragement and support. Through daily self-monitoring of your eating patterns, and strategies such as challenging negative thoughts and formal problem-solving, you will reduce your desire to binge and purge. GSH is hard work, but the benefits are well worth it. If you have the desire and the drive, you can use this workbook to eliminate your eating disorder once and for all.

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; 1 Workbook edition (September 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0195334566
• ISBN-13: 978-0195334562
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #203,196 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

• This item is part of The Treatments That Work Series.

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2.0 out of 5 stars Nothing original - doesn't live up to it's title, April 26, 2009

By	BREAL "B-Real Man" (Maine) - See all my reviews

As someone who has struggled w/an eating disorder for the past 15 years, I was looking forward to this book being the answer and something I could use with my therapist to end this binging. I was disappointed when it arrived. It was not much of a "workbook" but more of an narrative book with a FEW workbook pages. The information was nothing new...it has all been published before in other books on Binge Eating. It's misleading that the book is in the series "Treatments That Work" when it was a huge disappointment.