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      • Eating disorders & therapy

        Anorexia Nervosa

        Hope for Recovery

        by Dr. Agnes Ayton

        Anorexia nervosa is a potentially fatal disorder that is notoriously difficult to treat and provokes feelings of great frustration in carers, families and friends. Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist, Dr Agnes Ayton FRCPsych, offers a new perspective, bringing together what is currently known and scientifically verified with her own ground-breaking work combining psychotherapy with nutritional support. Providing sufferers and carers with a knowledge of the full range of treatment options empowers them to make informed choices that can be tailored to the individual's needs. To assist them, Anorexia Nervosa - hope for recovery: * focuses on anorexia and other eating disorders associated with being significantly underweight * emphasises nutrition, especially what is known about the physical and psychological effects of starvation and the process of recovery from these * offers dietary 'prescriptions', menu plans, and recovery strategies * integrates pharmacological, psychological and nutritional treatment options It will help sufferers and carers to make informed choices that can change lives for the better.

      • Therapy & therapeutics
        November 2016

        Graphic Lives - Essential Support Guide

        by Jo Browning Wroe, Carol Holliday

        Graphic Lives is a series of highly engaging graphic novels for young people who may need counselling and psychotherapy. Each book introduces the difficulties faced by a teenage character and follows them as they travel on their therapeutic journey with a skilled and creative therapist. The key aims of these books are: to demystify counselling and psychotherapy so that it is more appealing and accessible to young people; to destigmatise emotional and mental health problems so that young people are better able to accept help; to encourage young people to embark upon their own healing journeys, equipped with the sense that there is a way forward. The essential support guide, designed to be used alongside the Graphic Lives novels, provides therapists and counsellors with a range of support resources, linked to the stories and the issues covered. For each graphic novel, this guide offers: clear and concise coverage of risk factors and warning signs relating to the issue covered in the story; detailed exploration of each therapeutic session in the story so that you can devise you own sessions that link to the therapy in the story; an up-to-date summary of research around the issue covered in the book along with professional guidance on working with that issue to help you achieve the best possible outcomes for the young people you work with.

      • Eating disorders & therapy
        August 2012

        NO LABELS: Men in Relationship with Anorexia

        by Derek Botha

        In NO LABELS: Men in Relationship with Anorexia, DerekBotha argues that traditional understandings of and approaches to diagnosis and treatment for anorexia nervosa are unacceptable, inappropriate and laden with labelling ways, and thus exacerbate these men's struggles, leaving them dishonoured, disabled, powerless and even more distressed.  He presents alternative ways of understanding the nature of their social positionings as well as a more appropriate therapy for them, namely narrative therapy.NO LABELS: Men in Relationship with Anorexia contributes to meaningful dialogue amongst mental health academics, practioners, students and all who have an interest in seeking fresh understandings of these men and their complex positionings.

      • Health & Personal Development
        December 2014

        Silent Screams

        Into and Out of Bulimia Through Poetry

        by Lori Henry

        Countless young women around the world feel badly about their bodies and wish they were thinner. Millions of them develop eating disorders in their quest to lose “just 5 more pounds.” Delve into the mindset of someone in the throws of bulimia who holds nothing back. Experience her ups and downs, triumphs and setbacks, all mirroring the experiences of those who struggle with this illness.   Lori Henry went through the roller coaster ride of bulimia from age 12 until she graduated from high school. This collection of poetry was written during that time and in the years of recovery that followed.   Silent Screams was written by a teenager overcome with depression, anxiety and low self-esteem. Her only way to express herself was through poetry and the poems in this book are a raw and powerful example of what it feels like to be young and in pain. The author has spoken about the book and her experience with bulimia in classrooms, youth groups, girls-only groups, dance conventions, libraries and at special events in order to encourage those struggling to seek help and begin recovery.    Book Details: This is a book of poetry for young adults. The target market is teenagers who are struggling with an eating disorder (in particular, bulimia), but also anorexia, compulsive overeating, and EDNOS (eating disorders not otherwise specified). Sales have been mostly to teenaged girls who are in the process of recovering or whose parents are trying to convince them to recover. Interested publishers can make an offer directly on the profile page to buy available rights.

      • Coping with eating disorders

        Anorexia

        A Stranger in the Family

        by Katie Metcalfe

        Katie Metcalfe takes readers through the daily struggle with this potentially lethal obsession. It is a harrowing account of her triumphs and tragedies on the long road to recovery after being hospitalized at 15. We learn of Katie's constant battle with 'the voice' when her pride at improving her health is overshadowed by the fear of over eating. It is a story of a young girl at war with herself and anyone who fights to keep her alive. However, Katie Metcalfe's book is more than a personal journey - it is the story of the impact of her illness on her family. With remarkable candour Katie's parents and siblings tell of the shocking impact on close relatives - when anorexia creates a stranger in the family. Katie's honesty combined with her talent for writing, gives a real sense of the horror of anorexia and its power to dominate lives. It is a true account of a family's hard won victory over a disease that kills.

      • Complementary medicine

        NeuroIntegrative Medizin

        Durch körpereigene Intelligenz die Selbstheilungskräfte aktivieren

        by Gerlinde Debus und Meike Scheuplein

        Unser Körper ist ein hochfunktionales und sehr komplexes Energiesystem, das im permanenten Informationsaustausch mit der inneren und äußeren Welt steht. Alle Körpersysteme kommunizieren untereinander und sind über Nervenverbindungen mit dem Gehirn vernetzt, das als übergeordnete Instanz Millionen von Zellen und jede einzelne Funktion unseres Organismus steuert. Unser Gehirn weiß also in jedem Augenblick über alle Vorgänge und Zustände in unserem Körper genau Bescheid. NeuroIntegrative Medizin ist eine moderne Therapie, die dieses hochdynamische Kommunikationsnetzwerk und dessen körpereigene Intelligenz nutzt, um die beschwerdeauslösenden Störungen in den Informationskreisen von Organen, Gelenken, Gewebe und Gehirn aufzuspüren. Über gezielt gesetzte Reize wird eine Korrektur der Fehlschaltungen initiiert. Das versetzt unseren Körper in die Lage, seine autonome Steuerung wieder herzustellen und die Erkrankung ursächlich und nachhaltig selbst zu heilen. Professor Dr. med. Gerlinde Debus und Dr. med. Meike Scheuplein, Therapeutinnen mit langjähriger Erfahrung in der NeuroIntegrativen Medizin, eröffnen einen tiefen Einblick in die erstaunliche Wirkweise dieser modernen Therapiemethode, die uns helfen kann, aus eigener Kraft gesund zu werden. Behandlungsbeispiele aus dem Praxisalltag veranschaulichen, wie die Körperintelligenz die Selbstheilungsprozesse aktiviert und welche Chancen und Optionen diese Therapieform bei akuten wie auch chronischen Erkrankungen bietet. NeuroIntegrative Medizin

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