Art Therapy and Eating Disorders is a step-by-step approach to a new and extremely promising technique for treating people with eating disorders -- children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike -- that has proven to be a crucial aid to identification, prevention, and intervention. Mury Rabin demonstrates how her award-winning art therapy technique, known as Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks or "PNBIT," can be used by clinicians other than art therapists and shows its effectiveness in combination with diverse therapeutic techniques.
Unlike traditional therapy programs that treat symptoms, this technique focuses on root causes and consists of a series of tasks -- some phenomenal: weight recording, mirror viewing, and body dimension estimates; others not: chromatic family line drawings and body image mandalas. The book includes five case studies that illustrate how the PNBIT technique functions in practice.
Columbia University Press
This book will be an asset to all mental health professionals working with patients with eating disorders. It presents a new, innovative approach that can be used in conjunction with and easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities. The techniques are presented in a manner that is clear, and easy to understand and replicate.
— Henry B. Hartman, psychologist
An important contribution to the growing literature on eating disorders. It offers healthcare providers a unique approach to managing this difficult problem.
— Noah Robbins, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
This book will be an asset to all mental health professionals working with patients with eating disorders. It presents a new, innovative approach that can be used in conjunction with and easily integrated into other therapeutic modalities. The techniques are presented in a manner that is clear, and easy to understand and replicate.
An important contribution to the growing literature on eating disorders. It offers healthcare providers a unique approach to managing this difficult problem.
1 Significance of Appropriate Body Image2 Body Image and the Self3 The Therapy of Art Therapy4 Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks in the Treatment of Eating Disorders and Other Addictions (PNBIT): The Method5 Clinical Applications6 ConclusionAfterwordsAppendixes1. Extracts of Exit Tape Recordings2. Self Report Form3. Therapist Report Form4. Sequence and Time Chart5. Outline Drawing: Figure Selection, Male6. Outline Drawing: Figure Selection, Female7. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Linear, Male8. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Circumference, Male9. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Linear, Female10. Body Dimension Estimate and Measurement: Circumference, Female11. Sandworlds Grid12. Questionnaires13. Medical Release Form14. Medical Questionnaire15. Abstract from "The Yo-Yo in Art Therapy: The Use of Art Therapy in Eating Disorders''16. Art Therapy Images as an Index to Suicide17. 1983 Metropolitan Life Insurance Height and Weight Tables and Frame Size Estimate Chart18. Abstract from "Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks in the Treatment of Eating Disorders''19. The Scope of Art Therapy20. Relationship of Issues in Eating Disorders21. Figure Selection II22. Color Chart23. Tissue Box Estimate
Columbia University Press
Overview
Art Therapy and Eating Disorders is a step-by-step approach to a new and extremely promising technique for treating people with eating disorders -- children as well as adults, male and female sufferers alike -- that has proven to be a crucial aid to identification, prevention, and intervention. Mury Rabin demonstrates how her award-winning art therapy technique, known as Phenomenal and Nonphenomenal Body Image Tasks or "PNBIT," can be used by clinicians other than art therapists and shows its effectiveness in ...