The Spirituality Of Anorexia

Author : Emma White
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 246 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2018-06-18
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781351103343

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The Spirituality of Anorexia by Emma White Pdf

Widely popularized images of unobtainable and damaging feminine ideals can be a cause of profound disjunction between women and their bodies. A consequence of this dissonance is an embodied performance of these ideals with the potential development of disordered eating practices, such as anorexia nervosa. This book develops a spirituality of anorexia by suggesting that these eating disorders are physical symptoms of the general repression of feminine nature in our culture. Furthermore, it puts forward Goddess feminism as a framework for a healing therapeutic model to address anorexia and more broadly, the "slender ideal" touted by society. The book focuses on the female body in contemporary society, specifically the development of anorexia nervosa, and what this expression communicates about female embodiment. Drawing upon the work of a variety of theorists, social commentators, liberation theologians and thealogians, it discusses the benefits of adopting female-focused myths, symbols and rituals, drawing upon the work of Marion Woodman and Naomi Goldenberg. Ultimately, it theorises a thealogical approach to anorexia aimed at displacing the damaging discourses that undermine women in the twenty-first century. Offering an alternative model of spirituality and embodiment for contemporary women, this book will be of keen interest to scholars of theology, religious studies, gender studies and psychology.

Author : P. Scott Richards,Randy K. Hardman,Michael E. Berrett
Publisher : American Psychological Association (APA)
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Medical
ISBN : UCSC:32106018812583

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Spiritual Approaches in the Treatment of Women with Eating Disorders by P. Scott Richards,Randy K. Hardman,Michael E. Berrett Pdf

"Drawing on their many years of clinical experience, the authors show how a theistic perspective of healing and change can enrich therapies currently in practice for eating disorders, including individual, group, and family therapy as well as 12-step programs. They propose an agenda for future research focusing on measures and research designs that will help investigators study the etiology of eating disorders as well as treatment outcomes as they relate to clients' public and private devotion and expressions of spirituality."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Catherine Garrett
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0521629837

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Beyond Anorexia by Catherine Garrett Pdf

A sociological exploration of eating disorders and the first book to focus exclusively on recovery.

Author : Rudolph M. Bell
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2014-05-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780226169743

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Holy Anorexia by Rudolph M. Bell Pdf

Is there a resemblance between the contemporary anorexic teenager counting every calorie in her single-minded pursuit of thinness, and an ascetic medieval saint examining her every desire? Rudolph M. Bell suggests that the answer is yes. "Everyone interested in anorexia nervosa . . . should skim this book or study it. It will make you realize how dependent upon culture the definition of disease is. I will never look at an anorexic patient in the same way again."—Howard Spiro, M.D., Gastroenterology "[This] book is a first-class social history and is well-documented both in its historical and scientific portions."—Vern L. Bullough, American Historical Review "A significant contribution to revisionist history, which re-examines events in light of feminist thought. . . . Bell is particularly skillful in describing behavior within its time and culture, which would be bizarre by today's norms, without reducing it to the pathological."—Mary Lassance Parthun, Toronto Globe and Mail "Bell is both enlightened and convincing. His book is impressively researched, easy to read, and utterly fascinating."—Sheila MacLeod, New Statesman

Author : Drozdstoy Stoyanov,Bill Fulford,Giovanni Stanghellini,Werdie Van Staden,Michael TH Wong
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 415 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-11
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9783030478520

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International Perspectives in Values-Based Mental Health Practice by Drozdstoy Stoyanov,Bill Fulford,Giovanni Stanghellini,Werdie Van Staden,Michael TH Wong Pdf

This open access book offers essential information on values-based practice (VBP): the clinical skills involved, teamwork and person-centered care, links between values and evidence, and the importance of partnerships in shared decision-making. Different cultures have different values; for example, partnership in decision-making looks very different, from the highly individualized perspective of European and North American cultures to the collective and family-oriented perspectives common in South East Asia. In turn, African cultures offer yet another perspective, one that falls between these two extremes (called batho pele). The book will benefit everyone concerned with the practical challenges of delivering mental health services. Accordingly, all contributions are developed on the basis of case vignettes, and cover a range of situations in which values underlie tensions or uncertainties regarding how to proceed in clinical practice. Examples include the patient’s autonomy and best interest, the physician’s commitment to establishing high standards of clinical governance, clinical versus community best interest, institutional versus clinical interests, patients insisting on medically unsound but legal treatments etc. Thus far, VBP publications have mainly dealt with clinical scenarios involving individual values (of clinicians and patients). Our objective with this book is to develop a model of VBP that is culturally much broader in scope. As such, it offers a vital resource for mental health stakeholders in an increasingly inter-connected world. It also offers opportunities for cross-learning in values-based practice between cultures with very different clinical care traditions.

Author : Sheryle Cruse
Publisher : New Hope Publishers
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781596690035

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Thin Enough by Sheryle Cruse Pdf

The author tells her personal story of struggling with and defeating her eating disorder. She highlights her relationship with God and the security that eating disorder sufferers can find in God.

Author : Michelle Mary Lelwica
Publisher : Gurze Books
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-18
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780936077550

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The Religion of Thinness by Michelle Mary Lelwica Pdf

With so many women approaching their diets, body image, and pursuit of a slender figure with slavish devotion, The Religion of Thinness is a timely addition to the discussion of our cultural obsession with weight loss. At the heart of this obsession is the belief that in order to be happy, one must be slim, and the attendant myths, rituals, images, and moral codes can leave some women with severe emotional damage. Idealized images in the media inspire devotees of this “religion” to experience guilt for behaviors that are biologically normal and necessary, and Lelwica offers two ways to combat this dangerous cultural message. Advising readers to look hard at the societal cues that cause them to obsess about their weight, and to remain mindful about their actions and needs, this book will not only help stop the cycle of guilt and shame associated with food, it will help readers to grow and accept their bodies as they are.

Author : Michelle Mary Lelwica
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2002-04-15
Category : Eating disorders
ISBN : 0195151666

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Starving for Salvation by Michelle Mary Lelwica Pdf

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1 Bodies of Evidence, Bodies of Knowledge: Contemporary Approaches, Historical Perspectives, New Directions. 2 The Good, the True, and teh Beautiful Female Body: Popular Icons of Womanhood and the Savation Myth of Female Slenderness. 3 Losing Their Way to Salvation: Papular Rituals of Womanhood and the Saving Promises of Culture Lite. 4 Universes of Meaning, Worlds of Pain: The Struggles of Anorexic and Bulimic Girls and Women. A Different Kind of Salvation: Cultivating Alternative Senses, Practices, and Visions. Notes. Selected Bibliography. Index.

Author : Christine McArdle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2004-01-26
Category : Anorexia nervosa
ISBN : 1594571147

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Anorexia Nervosa by Christine McArdle Pdf

Anorexia Nervosa: One Woman's Spiritual Journey of Recovery is about a young woman's own battle with an eating disorder, cutting, over exercise and depression.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Remuda Ranch
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Eating disorders
ISBN : 1932124942

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Eating Disorders: A Handbook of Christian Treatment by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carolyn Costin,Gwen Schubert Grabb
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-03-07
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780393711295

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8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder Workbook (8 Keys to Mental Health) by Carolyn Costin,Gwen Schubert Grabb Pdf

Readers are walked through strategies by a therapist and her former patient. 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder was lauded as a "brave and hopeful book" as well as "remarkably readable." Now, the authors have returned with a companion workbook—offering all new assignments, strategies, and personal reflections to help those who suffer from an eating disorder heal their relationship to food and their bodies. Clients of Costin and Grabb consistently tell them that knowing they are both recovered is one of the most helpful aspects of their treatment. With this experience as a foundation, the authors bring together years of clinical expertise and invaluable personal testimony, from themselves and others, to the strategies in this book. Readers will get a glimpse of what it's like to be in therapy with either Carolyn or Gwen. Filled with tried and true practical exercises, goal sheets, food journal forms, clinical anecdotes and stories, readers are guided in exploring their thoughts, feelings, and coping strategies while being encouraged to choose how they want to approach the material. This book is an important resource to anyone living with destructive or self-defeating eating behaviors.

Author : David H. Rosmarin,Harold G. Koenig
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2020-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0128167661

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Handbook of Spirituality,Religion, and Mental Health by David H. Rosmarin,Harold G. Koenig Pdf

Research has indicated that spiritual and religious factors are strongly tied to a host of mental health variables, both positive and negative. That body of research has significantly grown since publication of the first edition 20 years ago. The second edition of the Handbook of Spirituality and Religion and Mental Health identifies not only whether religion and spirituality influence mental health and vice versa, but also how and for whom. The contents have been re-organized to speak specifically to categories of disorders in the first part of the book and then more broadly to life satisfaction issues in the latter part of the book. Hence 100% of the book is now revised with new chapters and new contributors.

Author : Debra L. Safer,Christy F. Telch,Eunice Y. Chen
Publisher : Guilford Publications
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-03
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781462530373

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Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Binge Eating and Bulimia by Debra L. Safer,Christy F. Telch,Eunice Y. Chen Pdf

This groundbreaking book gives clinicians a new set of tools for helping people overcome binge-eating disorder and bulimia. It presents an adaptation of dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) developed expressly for this population. The treatment is unique in approaching disordered eating as a problem of emotional dysregulation. Featuring vivid case examples and 32 reproducible handouts and forms, the book shows how to put an end to binge eating and purging by teaching clients more adaptive ways to manage painful emotions. Step-by-step guidelines are provided for implementing DBT skills training in mindfulness, emotion regulation, and distress tolerance, including a specially tailored skill, mindful eating. Purchasers get access to a Web page where they can download and print the reproducible handouts and forms in a convenient 8 1/2" x 11" size. See also the related self-help guide, The DBT Solution for Emotional Eating, by Debra L. Safer, Sarah Adler, and Philip C. Masson, ideal for client recommendation.

Author : Ron A. Thompson,Roberta Trattner Sherman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011-01-19
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781135839673

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Eating Disorders in Sport by Ron A. Thompson,Roberta Trattner Sherman Pdf

Over the past fifteen years, there has been a great increase in the knowledge of eating disorders in sport and effective means of treatment. In this book, the authors draw on their extensive clinical experience to discuss how to identify, manage, treat, and prevent eating disorders in sport participants. They begin by examining the clinical conditions related to eating problems, including descriptions of specific disorders and a review of the relevant literature. Special attention is given to the specific gender and sport-related factors that can negatively influence the eating habits of athletes. The second half of the book discusses identification of participants with disordered eating by reviewing symptoms and how they manifest in sport; management issues for sport personnel, coaches, athletic trainers, and healthcare professionals; treatment; and medical considerations, such as the use of psychotropic medications. A list of useful resources is included in an appendix, as well as a glossary of important terms.

Author : Lisabeth Kaeser
Publisher : Balboa Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781504355605

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Eating by Faith: a Walk with God. My Eating Disorder from the Inside Out by Lisabeth Kaeser Pdf

In Eating by Faith, Lisabeth invites you into the secret world of her eating disorder, and recovery. And while the illness looks different for every patient, all share a commonality of symptoms physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Eating by Faith will bring you into the mind and heart of someone suffering from the illness in such a brutally honest way, that you will have a greater understanding of the mind and heart of anyone suffering from this illness. Her eating disorder, like most, takes root inside a secret place. This root is often anchored in the lies Satan would have us believe about ourselves. Once established, he will use the eating disorder to separate us from God, robbing us from our joy and our identity in Christ's unconditional love. Lisabeth's story is one of wrestling with the eating disorder, herself, and God. It is about finding her identity in the love of Christ instead of her illness. Taste and See...