Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond
Offers a practical roadmap to understanding, resilience, and lasting change to anyone who is working with or is close to individuals suffering from BED, as well as those on the recovery journey.
"Required reading! Through personal stories and professional expertise, Amy and Chevese offer a powerful psychological and weight-inclusive understanding of Binge Eating Disorder. It's imperative that professionals understand how to help their clients who struggle with out-of-control eating, and that the millions of people who struggle with BED lose the shame and blame that can accompany this diagnosis. Binge Eating Disorder offers these solutions."
―Judith Matz, LCSW, co-author of The Diet Survivor’s Handbook and Beyond a Shadow of a Diet
ABOUT
Binge Eating Disorder, written by a clinician and an advocate who have personally struggled with Binge Eating Disorder (BED), illuminates the experience of BED from the patient perspective while also exploring the disorder’s etiological roots and addressing the components of treatment that are necessary for long-term recovery.
Accessible for both treatment providers and patients alike, this unique volume aims to explore BED treatment and recovery from both sides of the process while also providing a resource for structuring treatment and building effective interventions. This practical roadmap to understanding, resilience, and lasting change will be useful for anyone working clinically with or close to individuals
REVIEWS
"As pioneers in the BED community, Amy and Chevese bring an extraordinary combination of professional and personal wisdom to this field. With profound awareness of the many intersecting factors that can negatively impact recovery, they effectively dispel entrenched myths and offer extensive information and resources for advocacy and support, and ultimately, hope for healing. This book is a gift to anyone seeking freedom from BED and a valuable resource for those who care for them."
―Anita Johnston, PhD, author of Eating in the Light of the Moon and director of ‘Ai Pono Eating Disorder Programs, Hawaii
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Healing and Recovery – An Interview with Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner
An interview with Swenson Book Development on writing the book, Binge Eating Disorder.