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Doing What Works -
The Professionals’ Guide to Treating Eating Disorders
The “Nuts and Bolts” of Developing Skills and Techniques for Specialized Eating Disorder Treatment
by Abigail H. Natenshon, MA, LCSW, GCFP
This
eBook is a simple, straight-forward and informative guide for
Psychotherapists, Medical Doctors,
Nurses, Registered Dietitians, School
personnel, and other members of the
outpatient treatment team. It is a
must for professionals who are.......
- currently treating patients with eating disorders
- who are treating patients who may be particularly vulnerable to developing an eating disorder
- who are not achieving the results they seek with their eating disordered patients
- who are veterans in the treatment field
- who are novices or graduate students
- who wish to learn to use themselves with more creativity and facility in treating these diseases
- who have been under the impression that referring clients out of their own professional practice is the only way to deal with this specialty
- who believe that treating eating disorders is like treating any other mental health disorder
- who are doctors, psychotherapists, nutritionists or educators
I have posted here the beginning portions of Chapter One through Chapter Seven of the e-book, Doing What Works. I invite you to peruse the material presented and to contact me if you are interested in receiving
and ordering this eBook. You can reach me here with your
comments and suggestions for specific
topics that you'd like me to address.
(Click here to read the table of contents.)
Psychotherapist Abigail H. Natenshon has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders with individuals, families, and groups for the past 34years. She is the author of When Your Child Has An Eating Disorder, A Step-by-Step Workbook For Parents And Other Caregivers, Jossey-Bass, 1999. Based on hundreds of successful outcomes, this book shepherds concerned parents step-by-step through the processes of eating disorder recognition, confronting the child, finding the most effective treatment for patient and family, and evaluating and insuring a timely recovery. A guide to eating disorder prevention, this book is useful to parents, health professionals and school personnel alike in countering the pervasive epidemic of unhealthy eating and body image concerns, and destructive media and peer influences. Her work can be reviewed further at www.empoweredparents.com and www.empoweredkidZ.com.
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