By: Scott P. Richards, Randy K. Hardman, Michael E. Berrett

Hardcover

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This book is for the practitioner who is curious about how to incorporate therapy that draws on clients' spirituality or religious background as a resource for recovery from eating disorders. There is growing empirical evidence that spiritual approaches to treating clients with eating disorders are as effective, and sometimes more effective, than secular ones, particularly with religiously devout clients. In this book, the authors seek to be catalysts in building up the body of literature documenting the influence of client religiousness and spirituality on the development and maintenance of eating disorders, as well as recovery from eating disorders. Drawing on their many years of clinical experience, the authors show how a theistic perspective of healing and change can enrich therapies currently in practice for eating disorders, such as individual, group, and family therapy and twelve-step programs. They propose an agenda for future research including valuable information on measures and research designs that will help investigators study the etiology of eating disorders as well as treatment outcomes, as they relate to client involvement in institutional and community religious life and clients' private devotion or expressions of spirituality.ÿ

Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction, Theory, and Research	p. 1
Faith, Spirituality, and Eating Disorders	p. 3
Scholarship on Religion, Spirituality, and Eating Disorders	p. 21
A Theistic Spiritual Framework for Treating Eating Disorders	p. 37
A Theistic View of Eating Disorders	p. 39
A Theistic View of Therapeutic Change	p. 59
Multidimensional Theistic Treatment for Eating Disorders	p. 81
Theistic Treatment Guidelines and Interventions for Eating Disorders	p. 109
Religious and Spiritual Assessment of Patients With Eating Disorders	p. 111
Spiritual Interventions for Individual, Group, and Family Therapy	p. 133
A Spirituality Group for Patients With Eating Disorders	p. 155
Twelve-Step Groups for Patients With Eating Disorders	p. 187
Research Directions	p. 205
Recommendations for Research on Spirituality and Eating Disorders	p. 207
Case Reports and Patient Perspectives	p. 225
Case Reports of Theistic Spirituality in Eating Disorder Treatment and Recovery	p. 227
Patient Perceptions of the Role of Spirituality in Treatment and Recovery	p. 259
References	p. 275
Index	p. 289
About the Authors	p. 303
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ISBN: 9781591473930
ISBN-10: 1591473934
Audience: Professional
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 312
Published: 1st January 2007
Publisher: American Psychological Association
Dimensions (cm): 25.9 x 18.6  x 2.4
Weight (kg): 0.744