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Self-Help Books on Eating Disorders

MUST HAVES for people with an Eating Disorder

   
  Shrinking Beauty
by Nicole M. Valecko

paperback $20

This book is unique in that it is the story of the author, and highlights the struggles, tribulations, and victory that she faced, when dealing with her anorexia. Using symbolism can help children of all ages to understand the obstacles they will face in life.


  Father Hunger: The Impact of Fathers on Their Daughters' Lives
by
Margo Maine, Craig Johnson

paperback $11

Always harmful and potentially deadly, eating disorders can wreak havoc on families. This powerful and controversial book by top researchers argues that parents are not the culprits but the key to their teen's recovery.


  Paper Thin: The Story of a Family Disease, a Child at Risk and the Pains of Perfection
by
Terri Robert

paperback $15

Jennifer Jo was fifteen years old when she and her family were forced to confront the fact that she was starving herself to death. In this bravely honest and harrowing narrative, JJ's mother gives telling insights into understanding and dealing with a severely anorexic child.


  Overcoming Night Eating Syndrome: A Step-By-Step Guide to Breaking the Cycle
by Kelly C. Allison, Albert J. Stunkard

paperback $11

This book is the first guide written specifically to help people struggling with Night Eating Syndrome (NES), offering a step-by-step strategy for managing and overcoming it.


  Demystifying Anorexia Nervosa: An Optimistic Guide to Understanding and Healing
by
Alexander R. Lucas

paperback $15

A straightforward, authoritative, and highly optimistic guide that demystifies this seemingly irrational disease and guides parents and patients through the harrowing process of recovery.


  The Overeater's Journal: Exercises for the Heart, Mind, and Soul
by Debbie Danowski

hardcover $9

The Overeater's Journal is inspirational and prescriptive. Danowski's knack for lively narrative will make readers feel motivated and hopeful. As a recovering food-addict herself, Danowski has a special ability to connect with readers while her credentials as a Ph.D. qualify her to offer concrete assistance that is both professionally sound and very accessible.


  Homesick: A Memoir of Family, Food, and Finding Hope
by Jenny Lauren

paperback $12

"Homesick is a women's riveting and emotionally complex story of pain and tentative, hard-won recovery that bravely confronts the roots and nuances of eating disorders and the myriad ways they are enabled and rationalized by sufferers, their loved ones, and even the medical community itself.


  Anorexia and Bulimia in the Family: One Parent's Practical Guide to Recovery
by Grainne Smith

paperback $10

Framed by the personal story of Grainne Smith and her daughter, the book describes the onset and symptoms of the two disorders, as well as the typical situations family and caregivers can expect on the long road to helping the sufferer to recover.


  The Overcoming Bulimia Workbook: Your Comprehensive, Step-By-Step Guide to Recovery
by Randi E. McCabe

paperback $13

This workbook contains proven-effective tools to help bulimics break the cycle of bingeing and reacting, allowing them to take control of their lives and make positive behavior changes.


  The Tao of Eating: Feeding Your Soul Through Everyday Experiences with Food
by Linda R. Harper

paperback $11

This five-step approach to a soulful relationship with food attempts to replace diet obsession with joyful eating and natural weight.


  The Beginner's Guide to Eating Disorders Recovery
by Nancy J. Kolodny

paperback $11

Written for high school and college-aged readers and their loved ones, this self-help guide provides the latest information on eating disorders for anyone confronting these problems for the first time.


  Confessions of a Compulsive Overeater: No More Diets!
by Joni Chilcoat

paperback $13

The author shares her life and her early years when food was used by her parents to reward and to soothe her aches and pains. As an adult, depression brought on the desperate need for food. Low-self esteem, anger, and frustration all triggered her compulsive nature.


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