If you restrict, binge, purge, excessively diet or weigh yourself, exercise compulsively, or engage routinely and obsessively in any other food or weight related behaviors, this book will help you find the road to recovery. The authors, one a former patient of the other, both have their own histories battling the disorder. Interweaving personal narrative with the perspective of their own therapist-client relationship, their insights bring an unparalleled depth of awareness into just what it takes to successfully beat this clinical issue.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Key 1. Motivation, patience, and hope Key 2. Strengthen your healthy self to heal your eating disorder self Key 3. It's not about the food Key 4. Feel your feelings and challenge your thoughts

Key 5. It is about the food Key 6. Changing your behaviors Key 7. Reach out to people rather than your eating disorder Key 8. Finding meaning and purpose.