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for practitioners who treat eating
disorders. The site is not intended to
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experiential or academic training. Host
Abigail Natenshon specifically disclaims
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Psychotherapist Abigail H. Natenshon has
specialized in the treatment of eating
disorders with individuals, families,
and groups for the past 40 years. She is
the author of When Your Child Has An
Eating Disorder, A Step-by-Step Workbook
For Parents And Other Caregivers,
Doing What Works: An integrative system
for the treatment of eating disorders
from diagnosis to recovery. 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.
