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Practical help for recovery
Found the step-by-step workbook useful for personal recovery and therapists. Noted that some handouts span pages and are hard to copy.
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An Integrative Approach to Treating Eating Disorders
9 Foundational Skills for a Lasting Recovery
The Book
A practical guide for complex work.
9 Foundational Skills for a Lasting Recovery
Written for therapists who want to feel equipped rather than uncertain, and for anyone trying to understand why eating disorders are so complex and what actually helps.
Bethany C. Crowley, LMFT, CEDS, BCN
Reader Reviews
What readers are saying.
★★★★★
A clear toolkit for clinicians
Praised the nine-skill structure, practical exercises, and attention to deeper causes beyond food and body image.
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Useful for clients and clinicians
A psychologist found the sequence and worksheets helpful for both new and experienced clinicians, and the material personally validating.
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Looking beneath the behavior
Said the nine skills and exercises helped her explore underlying thoughts and feelings during recovery.
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A logical recovery guide
Described the book as a thorough, logically ordered guide to recovery skills and therapeutic steps.
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Worksheets that open new perspectives
Connected with the discussion of thoughts, feelings, and upbringing, and found the worksheets approachable and revealing.
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Looking forward to reading
Purchased the book and said they planned to read and practice its lessons to support their recovery.
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Accessible and applicable
Found the book easy to understand and useful for both clinicians and people working through recovery.
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A gift that helped a friend
Bought the book for a friend and reported seeing positive changes after six months of reading and using the worksheets.
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Informative and easy to follow
Found the explanations detailed yet clear, with worksheets that helped illuminate underlying issues.
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A useful resource
Writing from personal experience with an eating disorder, recommended the book as a resource for others.
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A compassionate manual for change
Valued its well-referenced nine-step approach and the way it guides therapists without oversimplifying or judging.
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Specific tools and examples
Appreciated the concrete examples, worksheets, and interventions for understanding and addressing eating disorders.
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Hopeful about working through it
Began reading it with a therapist and found it more specific than other books, with plans to work through the worksheets.
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Helpful for understanding eating disorders
Writing from Germany, recommended it to people exploring their own eating-disorder behavior as well as professionals.
Read full review on Amazon ↗Who It's For
Clarity, not more theory.
If treating eating disorders has ever felt overwhelming or unclear, this book was written for you. It sets out what drives them, why they resist ordinary approaches, and how to work in a way that gets to the root rather than the behavior.
It is a working book rather than an academic one. Each skill is written to be used in session, not admired on a shelf.
Inside
What the book covers.
Understanding what drives the disorder. Building an alliance that holds. Assessment and level of care. Trauma-informed foundations. Working with the body and body image. Family systems and attachment. Navigating resistance and relapse. Collaborating within a treatment team. Sustaining recovery.
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