How to Help Someone with an Eating Disorder: A Practical Handbook

by Pamela Macdonald

Overview

Struggling to help someone you love as they battle an eating disorder? This book will arm you with the knowledge, understanding and skills you need to be able to help your loved one towards recovery.

Psychologist and eating disorder specialist Dr Pamela Macdonald has been working with carers for over a decade. Here, she uses the established New Maudsley Approach, an evidence-based therapy toolkit which equips carers with the communication skills they need to best help their loved one.

Dr Macdonald has personal experience of the effects that an eating disorder can have on the entire family and strongly believes that carers and parents are a crucial element to the recovery process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781789561975
Publisher:	Welbeck Balance
Publication date:	09/28/2021
Series:	How to Help Someone With , #1
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.40(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Pamela Macdonald, PhD, is a research psychologist, coach and trainer. She works with the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience and is actively involved in supporting carers of people with eating disorders using the principles of motivational interviewing and in the supervision of carers in becoming peer mentors to other carers. She is currently based in Edinburgh.

Table of Contents

Introduction xi

Part 1 Understanding Eating Disorders 1

1 What is an Eating Disorder? 3

2 The Impact on Others 25

3 How Edi Thinks 35

4 How You Respond 51

Part 2 How You Can Help 63

5 Your Role in Recovery 65

6 New Ways of Communicating 85

7 Advancing Your Communication Skills 115

8 Navigating Problematic Behaviour 141

9 Taking Care of Yourself 155

10 Next Steps 161

Conclusion 167

Appendix 169

Acknowledgements 173

Endnotes 175

Useful Resources 181